The Race Card Project teamed up with the University of Michigan for a theme semester on Understanding Race. Students, faculty and alumni are encouraged to join in a conversation about race, ethnicity or identity using just six words.
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.
Jules M. Marquart,
Louisville, KY.
In Louisville during the pre-busing 1960s, this "screening" q...
Kate Lee van Loveren,
Ann Arbor, MI.
I was born in New York, grew up in New York, and live in Ne...
Kasey Nichols,
Clemmons, NC.
I've known I've been adopted since I can remember and never questio...
Christine R.
Ann Arbor, MI
Before I started dating my “black” boyfriend, I really didn’t t...
Jean M. Hebrard
Ann Arbor, MI
Understanding Race Project - University of Michigan
...
Jill Epstein
Ann Arbor, MI
Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
At a family gath...
