Valhalla Awaits Me When I Die.
Chris D, South Bend, IN. He is truly wise who’s travelled far and knows the ways of the world. He who has travelled Can tell...
I’m gay; with pride and fear.
Mark Albin, South Bend, IN I love the person I am, but I also sometimes fear that other people, that strangers, will hurt me. My...
Don’t teach children labeling early on.
Elaina Barber South Bend, IN I worked in a kindergarten classroom my senior year of high school and those kids didn’t care about the color...
Teach us our history, free them.
Myron Anthony, South Bend, IN I grew up my whole life in a predominately white city. I grew up thinking that Christopher Columbus was a...
How do you racially identify? HUMAN!
Nancy Jo Taylor, Mishawaka, IN #TRCPIUSB I am required to ask this question at my job each day. It irks me to no end. Just...
Children just see people, not color
Leonora Triska, Knox, IN #TRCPIUSB When children look at someone they are not judging them on what they look like, or what color their skin...
Skin Color Does Not Equal Worth
Angela D. Huff, Plymouth, IN #TRCPIUSB I am a white woman with two children: a white daughter, and a biracial son whose father is black...
Everyone, everywhere, deserves real equal opportunity.
Andrew Lovell, Mishawaka, IN I am white, but throughout my entire life, I have always believed that everyone deserves equal opportunity. This means equal opportunity...
I am black AND enough
Airra Jackson, Elkhart, IN I know that I can do and be anything that I set my mind to. I am enough. I am worthy...
Is systematic racism still around? Yes.
Ryan, South Bend, IN A lot of people say that systematic racism doesn’t exist anymore, such as laws and policies. However, something pretty modern, the...
Blue Eyes. Blonde Hair. White Privilege
Kait Vinnedge, Niles, MI I recognize the privilege I have had in life just based on the way that I look. I am always mindful...
I am not followed around stores
Katie Andrews, North Liberty, IN Because I am a white woman, I am never followed around the store or thought to be shoplifting.
Embrace all race, despise no face.
Teresia Nganga, USA. Having relocated from East Africa to the United States of America, I have been treated with so much respect. In my workplace,...
Race is just a social construct.
Tommie Billups, Michigan City, IN I believe the idea of race was to develop as a way to make one group of people feel superior...
