Drake University

Your family isn’t your real family

Just being human should define us

I love my diversified high school

Race is fabricated. People are not.

Native American. Quite white, yet benefit.

No English. Standardized assessment. No chance.

Black youth obligated to be intimidating

I chose a diversified high school

Constant awareness is difficult but necessary

Unexposed, Growing up in Lilly-White Littleton

Wow your English is really good

Guilty of being white and priviledged

Race doesn’t define who you are

Without skin, would we be equals?

Feeling guilty for having white privilege.

Actions prove why words mean nothing

Conversation: the greatest antidote for fear

Being White Is Not Being Privileged

Immigration, color, black, white, USA, discrimination

Brown eyes, Red hair, Dark skin

Media reinforces racism? Media reflects society.

European American just doesn’t make sense.

White isn’t a definition or race

But your English is pretty good

Learning how every race is won

Whatever I say, I’m always wrong.

South Chicago political corruption

Diversity is the spice of life.

Wow! You don’t have an accent.

We’re bound together by our differences.

It’s too complex for six words

Diversity is the backbone of humanity.

Race is a man made distinction

Just another human being who cares

I don’t fit in with my background

To Understand, you have to listen.

Where are you REALLY from? Nebraska.

Modern black culture mitigates successful opportunities.

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The Race Card Project ® by Michele Norris is proud to be partnering with Drake University. Here, you can see what others have to say and you can share your own observations, experiences, theories, opinions, triumphs, laments or anthems. Six words is often just a start. Click through to read some of the stories behind the six-word essays. Submit your own six-word story. Share this with your friends or family. Join the conversation. We are thrilled about this collaboration and hope this space will serve as a place to stoke and capture dialogue. Come back often. The wall is ever changing. The inbox is always open.

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