Live in America you’re an American
Kelly Blount, Snohomish, WA. If you live in the U.S.A. Your an American. Not African American, not Asian American, Irish American, etc. Once everyone believes...
Singapore is a country? “Definitely America…”
Xanh Quang, Chicago, IL. The fact that this isn’t knowledge as basic and as practiced as a fact like the sky is blue or there...
Not magical or mythical, just human
Marsha Lynn Bragg Myhand, South Euclid, OH. I’m curious to know if the state of race relations in America has gotten worse or if the...
America’s hooded winter must yield spring
Julie Delegal Submitted via Twitter: @julieinjax @totn @michele_norris #theracecardproject
Crudely Awakened from a Deep Sleep
Elizabeth, USA. In the novel Invisible Man, a black man in 1930s America struggles to find his identity. He starts out as hopeful and naive,...
Not Connected To My Own Heritage
Amanda Bajema, Riverside, CA. When my great grandparents immigrated to America from the Netherlands after World War II they put in their best effort to...
Why didn’t we talk about this?
Madison Martin, Ewing, NJ. Growing up in a predominantly white town, race was not a topic of much discussion in the classroom. My parents were...
No One Traces Ancestors Back (to) America
Anonymous, USA. I find funny it when people say, “I’m full American” or something along those lines because all Americans are immigrants, or of the...
A heritage that no one sees
Evangeline Brennan, CA. I chose the words, “A heritage that no one sees”, because, simply put, I am white (and, yes, I understand that it...
Why are people like me scared?
Tom Lewis, Phoenix, AZ. Most “white” people in the USA are descended from people who were considered “other” and often not even white when these...
Made-up, fear, love, in, out, together
Dev Michel Luthra, Jamaica Plain, MA. I am the child of an Indian (Asian) father and a European mother, both of whom were raised in...
Race- term that now ruins America
Steven Jones, Wayne State, Detroit, MI Race is a word. Since its a word, it can be used in different ways. Currently, race is widely...
I feel like I’m being replaced.
Rusty Shackleford, Sacramento, CA. I’ve always been surrounded by diversity and never had any issues with it, or even noticed it. Growing up in a...
RESPECT! Skin colour labelling IS offensive
Liam, United Kingdom MOVING AWAY FROM THE WHITE SUPREMACIST’S RULEBOOK Referring to people by skin colour is based on white “supremacy” – which is an...
White skin is the best camouflage
C. Badour, MI. In America today, the best way to fly under the radar is to be white. Assumptions are made about blacks, asians, and...
America, I’m not feeling the love
Anonymous, Denver, CO. Denver Public Library Hampden Branch Library Race Card project
