R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer It has always confused me when people call others “white”, or “black”, because no one’s skin is “black”, or “white”. Besides, no one names their kids the color of their skin, so why do we call them that? In the past I have made myself […]
Kevin Maness PA I have colleagues, students, friends, and acquaintances who are black and who I love, like, and/or dislike, but I’m embarrassed to say that I have no people of color who are in my “inner circle,” so to speak. On the positive side, I guess I’m never tempted to use that old cliché: […]
Anonymous, Ann Arbor, MI
Dan Dodge, Sutherland, IA.
Karen Fritts, USA. We talk and talk about race, but most of us stay in their own corners during the discussion. We cannot begin to understand each other from a distance. We cannot begin to trust one another without understanding. Are you willing to foster a friendship with someone different…a friendship that you are comfortable […]
Patricia Armstrong St. Louis, MO I was no more than 7 years old and made friends with a black girl in the neighborhood. We really had a lot of fun together and my family did not object. After a few weeks, I was invited to her house. After her father saw my white skin, he […]
Kay Wilkie Albany, NY I lost my closest friend following intensifying racial tension in Albany city schools during the early 1970s. It was just too difficult for her to be seen with me, her white friend, esp. since she was also ostracized for being in the “academically talented” program. Hard for me, daughter of civil […]
Suzanne Axtell Santa Rosa, CA Despite years of developing a very close relationship, my friendship with the only black woman in my circle of friends crumbled with my first marriage. I’m not sure what role, if any, race had to do with it. We haven’t spoken in nearly 15 years, but I miss her terribly. […]
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