Race is inconsistent, truth is consistent.
Tyrone English Atlanta, GA The same person’s race will vary, depending on time or place…this inconsistency defines the fallacy of race.
Actually, yes….I DO see color…
Kristy Straub Woodberry Heights, NJ It has ALWAYS annoyed me (since I can remember) when people say “I don’t see color” in an effort to...
White. I have the power. Wrong.
Mark Joseph Runge St. Petersburg, FL I am a white guy married to a Blacktina woman. Sure, as I white and male person I have...
Weathly White Guy. Sorry. My Bad.
Richard Rochester, NY Born poor. Struggled to make it. Became successful. Hurt no one. The American Dream. I am not evil or greedy, just good...
Not African-American. Expected to be.
Colin Mitchell Sacramento, CA Being black in this country without your family being from this country is a very interesting experience. I was an adult...
We’re all Americans stop separating us!
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...
Thumbsucking doesn’t turn your skin black!
-Anonymous, Minneapolis, MN Heard this in rural South Dakota, Late 1930’s early 40’s
I am more than you recognize.
Madeline Hsu Austin, TX As an Asian American woman, I am both stronger and more graced than registers at first glance.
Chinese daughter made me see ‘white.’
Kristina K. Albuquerque, NM Perhaps it takes a directly personal experience to be willing to see white privilege. We are a mixed-race family. My husband...
He’s not allowed in this house
Linda Basilicato Frederick, MD My mother’s comment on my new, polite, handsome, articulate, smart, college boyfriend in 1993. “I had black friends–in school.” (My mother’s...
