White Privilege is a Myth.
L Williams San Antonio, TX Everyone makes their own way; no one is entitled to anything but the Works of their own hands.
You didn’t sound black on the phone
Elizabeth Asche Douglas Rochester, NY The first job I got as a teenager, based on my written application and telephone interview, was immediately withdrawn when...
white line moved off the bus
Thomas H. Watkins Austin, TX In the early 50s I was a student in the 8th grade in a town in deep east Texas. On...
I believed Nadia Comaneci represented Brotherhood.
Rachel Bruce Denver, CO In the ’70s in Denver, Colorado I was bussed across town as part of court-ordered school integration. There wasn’t a lot...
Born Samoan, raised White, identity undecided.
Karen Grabowski Houston, TX When I was a little girl, strangers would ask me if my mommy is white and my daddy is black. Now...
NOT a singer- a Black violinist.
Danielle Taylor Oakland, CA Yes, we really exist. Thank you for doing this Michele. It is incredibly important.
White privilege equals open vernacular relishment
Kathryn Sanders Summerville, SC I am white Southern woman . I will never forget overhearing a group of white co-workers harshly criticize a black co-worker’s...
White in North, Black in South
Lea Setegn Richmond, VA Growing up in Rochester, New York, I spent my elementary school years in a Catholic school that was 99% white. I...
The price of privilege is fear
Erika Malinoski Oakland, CA When I was in college, I ran psychology experiments on volunteer college students, and I was always perfectly comfortable running the...
Looking white means I am safe.
Maite Knorr-Evans Outside USA Ethnically I am Hispanic racially I am White. When I am with my friends they walk faster around those with darker...
We must live with our ghosts.
Carl Dunker Grand Rapids, MI I have friends on all sides of this issue, from advocates of a “post racial” society to people who angrily...
“Underrepresented Groups” means “White Men Denied”
Ian McDaniel Boise, ID On a recent visit to my local Small Business Association, I was told that there was nothing they could do for...
