The Monadnock (N.H.) Ledger-Transcript published an extensive feature article about NMT gradaute and local resident Jim Guy. In recent years, Mr. Guy has become more active in his local community to draw attention to systemic racism in America and thefight for equality. Reporter Tim Goodwin interviewed Mr. Guy for a comprehensive profile. 

Mr. Guy earned his bachelor's in chemistry at New Mexico Tech in 1970. He enjoyed a long and successful career in chemistry and manufacturing. He and his wife have been residents of Dublin, N.H., since 1985. Pictured at right is Mr. Guy from the newspaper -- and, yes, he's wearing a New Mexico Tech fleece jacket. 

Here is an excerpt from the Ledger-Transcript article, with a link to the full article at the bottom of this page.  

 

The one message that stuck with Jim Guy ever since he was a young boy growing up in Cleveland, Ohio was the importance of getting an education.

His parents grew up in the 1920s, and life as Black people coming of age was anything but easy.

“They were subject to severe racial discrimination,” Guy said of his parents James and Josephine.

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The conversation about racism and the fight for equality was very prominent in his childhood home. And while decades have passed since those moments, Guy finds it disheartening to know that the issue of racial injustice is still something that needs to be talked about.

Guy moved to New Hampshire in 1985, but in his first 30-plus years living in the Granite State “nobody ever asked me to talk about race,” he said. 

“Race is a hard issue to talk about. People are going to get angry. People are going to get upset,” Guy said. “It’s not going to be comfortable. It’s not going to be fun.”

Guy wasn’t opposed to having those difficult discussions about an issue that directly impacted his life, but they simply never got brought up.

Then in 2018, Guy was approached by Allen Davis, a fellow Dubliner who had an idea for a community discussion called “Talking About Race: Staying Curious, Moving Forward, and Being Part of the Solution.”

 

Click here for the full article at the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript.