Was known “The Whitest Black Girl”

Andrea Vonstein,
Akron, OH.

During high school, I was considered the whitest black girl because I got along with them so much.

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The Grace of Silence makes, The Black Lives Matter reading list: Books to change the world

Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center Announces Spring 2015 Fellows

Norris brings The Race Card Project to Syracuse University

Ferguson Should Be More Than a Moment

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Norris speaks about race in America

The Race Card Project Partners with PBS for America After Ferguson

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Michele Norris is an Alchemist.

THE RACE CARD PROJECT COMES TO MSU

SPJ honors Norris for exceptional service to journalism

Is It Racist to Ask People Where They're From?

Invitation to a Hanging: Listen to the Interview

A Peabody for The Race Card Project

Pro-Publica: Segregation Now

The Race Card Project Teams up with ProPublica

Michele Norris leads learning opportunity

Norris sparks conversations on race relations

NPR journalist to deliver Blackburn lecture

Grand Rapids Community College Social Sciences Department sits down with Michele Norris.

Brooklyn Museum Joins The Race Card Project

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40 years celebrating MLK at E Madison’s Mt. Zion

Race Card Project creates new type of conversation

Washtenaw students use The Race Card Project to confront bullying

Race card project spurs discussion

Cascade Engineering Race Card Project

Crossing the Racial Divide, Marietta, GA

Michele Norris' address at Sacramento State's Convocation
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Recent Race Cards

Please leave the ladder after ascending

I'm Hispanic, but not a PoC.

They decided that I was black

I can handle spicy food, so?

White supremacy relies on white silence.

The rumors are true, I'm half.

No I'm not an immigrant.

'Hey Indian go back to Mexico!'

It really be like that sometimes

Why Do I need to apologize

I understand English with normal speed

Out of sight, out of mind

Not all of us are Ninja

I hate being called white girl

Chinese Peruvian, 100% Magician

Black Girl Magic is a thing.

Bird Watching: A Metaphor on Race

Being white doesn't equal perfect life

The one with the brown skin.

I'm myself and I'm so happy

All-American Girl: Minority at Work

Don't straighten your hair, baby girl.

I'm surprised you speak so well.

Adopting AA baby started needed conversations

I changed countries, now I'm black

Life is beautiful, remember to smile.

I am proud of my heritage

Pennsylvania should be a southern state.

The Internet Says I Am Racist

If the same, then why judge?

No, I'm not good at math.

I was born broke not rich

All girls sports should be equal

xavier doesnt start with a j

Yes i'm from Deerfield, and yes I love country music.

We from the same religion place.

I like kimchi more than potatoes.

One Family Between Two Dangerous Countries.

Do not be Discouraged, Be Proud.

Not all Italians want big families.

This is my non racist family

First black family on our block!

Your agenda doesn't trump mine, Stop!

Can someone help me find my privilege?

Judging someone on appearance is bad.

Race is created by society's prejudice

I'm a minority where I'm from

I Am More Than My Hair!

I know my own worth

They say we care. Then shoot.

Color Doesn't defined Who You Are

We, as people, are all different

I got black, I got white

We are all the same people.

My history is layered, not linear

My skin color doesn't define me

Try to relate and don't discriminate

Unity and separation due to interpretation

Race is fiction. Love is real.

Montanan Nigerian, African American, Proud Texan

I am a proud to be Jewish

We should not ignore white privilege

Sports need to be equally accessible

Ambitious, Outgoing, Determined describes me

Ashamed to be White

I'm much more than just Latino

Are you sure you are Hispanic?

No, I don't bball, I GOLF!

There are no categories besides humans

Race is not the issue

Half-Hawaiian, Half-White, Continually Misidentified as Either.

Hapa Haole still from the Islands.

Indian student brown but still international

Skin color does not determine worth

I'm a Jewish courageous white male.

Old Soul, White Skin, Human Race

I'm black and so much more

Racist parents from shame springs motivation

I descend from first American colonizers.

Honduras, rich culture and great potential

A proud American, unwanted in America...

Ashamed to Acknowledge the Black Side

Child of Pennsylvainia coal miners

Growing up as the minority in my elementary school.

Becoming myself not my birth giver

An Accent is a sign of Courage

Trait that assumptions are built upon

I'm a business oriented white kid.

Is It Racist to Abhor Ignorance?

Respectfulness earns your race-deserved respect.
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