Vika Linvell, Las Vegas, NV. My fiancee and I are happily together (Most of the time if we’re alone and actually able to see each other) for about a year and some days now. Her parents despise me because I am not Filipino and because I’m a woman. It’s gone far enough to where I […]
Alexxus Sidney, Kent, OH. In order to alter the way in which our society operates, WE have to step up and allow ourselves to be heard. WE can no longer talk about these matters, WE have to act. More importantly, WE have to work together. Change cannot truly take place until WE come together as […]
Kole Myrick, Portland, OR. As a trans man I often feel very marginalized, but when you look at it based solely on race, I have an incredible amount of privilege. Because of these intersections it is up to me, and other white trans folks, to help bring up trans people of color. We are all […]
Taylor Norman, Norman, OK. White man. Black woman. Two babies that look in between. People never really think before they speak when they see my family together. For some reason they can’t deduce that my mother is married to my father and my sister and I are their two girls. Instead their eyes only see […]
Renee Poselski, Riverside, CA. So Cal – Atlanta – Hawaii – Russia: No matter where I have lived, my heart yearns to connect and understand. Writing this, I am hesitating because I don’t want you to think that I can’t understand because I am white. My whiteness is a wall between you and me. I […]
Britt Mikelle, Centreville, VA. People always ask me where I come from. I tell them, “from love.” Only love or lust would have created me. I am a mutt in every since of the word. Growing up in a multiracial home, I did not know racism untill I was old enough to date. My family […]
Trena, Gassville, AR. What is going on in this crazy world? We all breath the same air, walk the same ground, put our cloths on the same way. We all have to respect each other to set a good example for the children in this world. Help one another Not Hurt. Join Together to make […]
BJ Leiderman Virginia Beach, VA
Kerri Love, Longwood, FL.
Denise DeVaney, Warren, ME. Charleston made me finally feel it: racism is not a black issue, it’s an American issue. We have to accept that an attack on someone of color because of their race is an attack on America. We have to come together to fight it.
Melissa Williams, Fort Collins, CO.
Brenda Brush Norwalk, CT
Margaret Richardson, Iowa City, IA.
Juliane Le, San Jose, CA.
Jenny Henderson, Austin, TX.
Catherine Vance Agrella, Asheville, NC. I’m white, and by definition am associated with some of the worst perpetrators of racism. But I also come from deep Appalachian Scots-Irish roots and have a clear ethnic identity. I do know what it feels like to be mocked for my speech, or thought of as a dumb hillbilly, […]
Ben Tallcott, Houston, TX. My life has given me the experience of many cultures and races. I have learned that our differences create a wealth of creativity and knowledge. When we combine these backgrounds together and take the time to listen and learn, we see the answers to many questions. Together we can achieve more […]
Holly Wenninger, Malden, MA. I’m white, but for the past six or so years I’ve worked out at n athletic center whose focus is primarily on the POC community — so when I’m there, I’m usually the only white person in the room. A couple unanticipated side effects of this are (a) now when I […]
Janet Anderson-Davis West Bloomfield, MI University of Michigan Law We need to place less emphasis on race and more on commonality: overcoming daily life challenges with grace.
Kate Joncas Seattle, WA
Jack Matthews St. Louis, MO
Christopher Lawton Drake University Des Moines, IA
Mary (Long) Chamberlain Delton, MI It was the 60’s and there were riots off and on everywhere. My friend and I (black and white) walked down the hallway at school together. We never talked about doing it or discussed it; we just did it. It felt right.
Masrissa Fulk Quaker Hill, CT
Steve Wilson Marietta, GA
Mike Gaither Hanahan, SC We need to stop dividing ourselves in groups. We need to join together and accept our differences or ultimately our differences will destroy us. If every American listened and I mean truly listened, with a clear mind and an open heart, to all the words of Martin Luther King’s “I have […]
Danielle Thestger Ann Arbor, MI
Victoria Williams
Alexandra Colley Pensacola, FL I’m a white female & my boyfriend is black. Neither of us would like the other to walk in our neighborhoods alone, but if we walk in them together we have no issues.
Benjamin Morter College Park, MD My entire Journalism 175 class at the University of Maryland is posting to this site. Keep up the good work and spread the word these messages need to be heard!!!
Roxanne Davenport Chambersburg, PA Submitted at the Penn Central Conference UCC 2011
Drew Morgan North Beach, NY
