Jimmy Hair, Charlotte, NC. A hard working black man I worked construction with 44 years ago used to say this. He meant it about his steady and prodigious work output, but I think of it now in terms of the slow but steady progress of improved race relations.
Asian-Indian, I cherish the American Dream
Vipin Gupta, Charlotte, NC.
I thought I knew, but didn’t.
Erica Tjelta, Spartanburg, SC. After growing up and living in rural and small-town Wisconsin for my first thirty-six years of my life–it was a shocking eye-opener to move to the racially diverse and racism-afflicted major city of Charlotte, North Carolina. My seven years spent there were the catalyst of a change-of-mind that radically altered the […]
Stop pairing my ancestry with race.
Journey Brown-Saintel, Charlotte, NC. So, just because I’m black it’s okay to assume I’m African-American? Or is just easier? My family comes from Haiti; I’m Caribbean for freak’s sake. But there’s no box for me to check besides the Black/African-American one. Why are you grouping me? Historically, I have more of a connection to France […]
How soft black hair is. . . surpise
Charlotte, Houston, TX. I grew up close to African Americans. They were guests in our home and people on the bus with us. I never noticed how taboo touching was between us until I was 30 and a neighbor girl came over to play with my kids. She skinned her knee and as I hugged […]
White Males discriminated against at work.
Mary Fruin, Charlotte, NC. I think that Rev . Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Dream is nowhere near being fulfilled when our big corporations are illegally paying big bonuses to managers to hire & promote minorities and women (read: not white men) and giving soft metric well paying jobs to minorities while chasing White males […]
Whitey guilt do-gooders destroyed black family
Anon Ymous Charlotte, NC “Replaced slavery chains with entitlement chains” As a white with guilt, all I can say is: I’m so sorry, twice…
The plantation haunts my gay marriage.
Erik Shawn Frampton, Charlotte, NC. I am the descendant of a line of plantation owners in South Carolina. As a gay man, my upcoming marriage will finally occur on our 20th anniversary together. My larger southern family struggles to see my identity as sacred, just as they struggle still to see minority life as sacred. […]
Chinese adoptee with a white name
Jennifer Charmley, Charlotte, NC. My dad is white American and my mom is a Chinese immigrant, and I am their adopted daughter from China who grew up in Seattle feeling half-white half-Chinese. As a customer on the phone I’m treated as a white woman, while in person I’m frequently asked what part of Asia I’m […]
Being Hispanic is not a crime
Navarro, Charlotte, NC.
No, I don’t tan or perm.
Daniela Charlotte, NC Some people look puzzled when I say I am half Japanese. They tend to ask me if I perm my hair or go tanning because typically Japanese females have pin straight hair and fair skin. However they don/t seem to pay attention when I say HALF Japanese (I am also half Peruvian).
My race is a safety issue
Lauren Belton, Charlotte, NC.
Life is better without skin tone
Ger Xiong, Charlotte, NC.
Growing up “black” in “white” America
Aaliyah Ballard, Charlotte, NC.
We are not all from Mexico
Katia Pérez Amaya, Charlotte, NC. Everyone that is not open minded see ALL Hispanic/Latinos that they are from Mexico and well of course that is not true because I am a Latina but from El Salvador.
You aren’t gonna make it anywhere
Jaylyn, Charlotte, NC.
What do you think my ancestry is?
Daniel, Charlotte, NC. I do not want to say what country I am from, because I want you all to guesstimate my ancestry? Where would you say I am from? What part of the world do my features reflect? Please explain your responses! Please share your thoughts with me. I am NOT from the U.S.A. […]
Recognize the differences, accept the person
Alisha Carter, Charlotte, NC. Elon University
Recognize Racism In Every Single Sector
Tia Cunningham, Charlotte, NC. I love people & our world. I hate corrupt systems. Due to my love of humanity, I am compelled to speak up against injustices throughput the world.
Would All My Ancestors Love Me?
Melissa U., Charlotte, NC. My Taino people would love me, from my plump lips to my curly hair. My African people would love me from the rhythm in my hips to the powerful thoughts in my mind. My Spanish people, they might deny me, but I can’t deny them. They are in my language, they […]
Would All My Ancestors Love Me?
Melissa U., Charlotte, NC. My Taino people would love me, from my plump lips to my curly hair. My African people would love me from the rhythm in my hips to the powerful thoughts in my mind. My Spanish people, they might deny me, but I can’t deny them. They are in my language, they […]
Experiencing reverse discrimination, sexism, ageism, (is) insightful.
Pat, Charlotte, NC. As a young white girl of 9, my family moved to a NYC housing project. I was greeted with “white cracker”. A term I had never heard previously, and didn’t know why I was disliked. I was not raised to focus on skin color – my mother told me we all had […]
Unidentified as gifted, left to languish.
Jenifer Daniels Charlotte, NC As child, I was labeled ‘talkative’ and a ‘trouble maker’…when all along I was really gifted and left to languish.
You speak well for your color
M. Rene Arnold, Charlotte, NC.
JUDGMENTAL EYES ON 9/11 ANNIVERSARY -HIJABI
Reem Saed Charlotte, NC
Surrounded by brown and welcomed in.
Allison Valeri Charlotte, NC In 2011, I took a trip to Kenya, Africa where my team and I were welcomed in as family. We were all white, a lot of us with blond hair and blue eyes, and one person with red hair. We were a sight to be seen. We stayed in an area […]
Want racial equality? Fix public education.
Elizabeth Moslely Charlotte, NC
Study harder, improve yourself, stop whining
Richard Wynn Charlotte, NC By focusing on the future and improving themselves, all Americans can live the American dream. Assuming, of course, that their skills are in demand. Every American who is focusing only on the past, and not doing well in school, will surely continue to suffer economically. This will be even more of […]
94% of New Hampshire is white
Andrew Merz Charlotte, NC
Loving my race is not criminal.
Tina Crisman Charlotte, NC
Not Euro-American, Not African-American, Just American.
Charles Ricker Charlotte, NC Can’t we be just American instead of hyphenated?
Nobody talks about oppressed Hawaiian Natives.
KSt.C Charlotte, NC
THEY JUST DON’T LOOK LIKE ME! –THEY JUST DON’T ACT LIKE ME! –HOW CAN THEY BE LIKE ME!
JT Charlotte, NC
You’ve got to be carefully taught
Katherine Charlotte, NC When I heard this line in the play “South Pacific” 50 years ago, I realized racism was not a natural instinct.
Color Blind: Wish Colbert was right
Chris Steuber Charlotte, NC Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
44 years and nothing has changed
Kelly W. Charlotte, NC
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