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Hispanic Guy Trying To Fit In

Cesar Bazo, Auburn, AL. I know deep inside myself that I belong to a minority group here in the United States. I am a Peruvian...

I will burn the house down.

4 years ago4 years ago

Eric Chesapeake Beach, MD 1974, I was 14 years old; my dad was in the Army, we were moving to Ohio from Weaver, Alabama. The...

My Dad’s a cop, Am I Racist?

4 years ago4 years ago

William McCullough, Opelika, AL Especially now in today’s world police get labeled with racists. Why is this? I believe that it’s because of the actions...

Debilitated by shame of my heritage

4 years ago4 years ago

Tindol, Tuscaloosa, AL.

I want to help, not hurt.

4 years ago4 years ago

Laura James, Mobile, AL. I want to be ok being white, but I’m not. I’ve been haunted for decades by a dream in which I...

I’m so white “ginger” from Alabama

4 years ago4 years ago

Cindy, Decatur, Al. We can’t change things but I hope blondes and redheads always remain, I hate what is being lost, I hate being hated...

Ignorance; Diversity; Divisive; Mystifying; Stifling and Beautiful

4 years ago

Katrina Ross, Birmingham, AL My hope is that one-day people could truly be measured by their deeds.

I am Human. Alabama American born.

4 years ago4 years ago

Miriam D. Summerville Dufer, Gordo, AL.

Don’t assume- alot you don’t know

5 years ago4 years ago

Oliver Parr, Tuscaloosa, AL. Being white in the state of Alabama automatically means that most people assume the worst. I was raised in the State...

Veil, black, nationality, gender, food, proper names

5 years ago5 years ago

Asmaa Benbaba, Auburn, AL. In more instances than one, the veil is considered as a symbol of subservience and exclusion by western media. As a...

I’m A Sister, Not A Savior

5 years ago5 years ago

Zoe, Covenant University, Tuscaloosa, AL My upbringing in a predominately white community and church subtly trained me to look at those of color as disadvantaged....