Sarah M. Rebillard,
Wilmington, NC
I will never say that I am blind to the skin color of others, nor that I don’t see them as different from myself. A person’s perceived race is a fact of their existence and their reality and is a trait to be loved not ignored. People of color deserve to be heard for their struggles in a society so focused on “whiteness”, and congratulated for their perseverance in the face of prejudice.