Black women not angry just tired
Stephanie Lawrence, Baltimore, MD Outside and inside of the black community black women are often looked down upon. We always work harder than anyone else,...
Red head mother angry unbroken strong
Erica Stone, Perrysburg, OH. The process I went through to get these words where things that I’m going through right now in my life or...
Hatred hurts the hated and hater
Dan Creamer, Sandpoint, ID. I grew up in the Jim Crow South. Being white I always felt both guilty and angry about the way black...
They won’t listen, they won’t believe
Merritt Campbell Burton, Lewiston, ID I considered myself color-blind until I learned that wasn’t helping. I was one of those hippy-dippy people who would say...
What is a mad black woman
Lashauna Vaughn Warren, MI What is a mad black woman people look at it being loud, angry, violet but I think it is misunderstood for...
I’m not mad, I’m just exhausted.
Julian Smith, East Orange, NJ. When I hear a story about a black person that posed no threat being killed by a white police officer...
Loving and Hating being Asian
Vivian Li San Jose, CA I deeply appreciate my heritage as a Chinese-American. It has taught me about a complex culture, thousands-of-years-old ideology, and a...
White America Has Lost Too Many Jobs
David Johnson, Chicago, IL. As a Black man when I saw a lot of empty storefronts inside of the strip malls throughout Chicago’s suburbs, I...
1968. Black freshman roommate. Different planets.
Anne Lincoln, MA I was asked by Admissions if I would agree to having a black roommate. I said yes, but when she learned of...
Hispanic and I only speak English
Marlo Torres, Riverside, CA. I am Puerto Rican and I have always grown up with the question of; You’re Hispanic, why don’t you speak Spanish?...
You’re Native American? Well, how much?
Kaitlin Reed, Poughkeepsie, NY. I am a Yurok Indian. We are the salmon people and my ancestors have lived by the Klamath River in northern...
I unpack my white privilege daily.
Sarah Walton Nashville, TN I descend directly from southern slave-owners and, more recently, racists. My family’s wealth is built on the backs of over a...
I don’t want to be hated.
Juliet Rose, Banning, CA. Hi, my name is Juliet, and I’m white. Well, white-passing. I’m 1/8th Filipino and I still don’t know if that even...
Still afraid for my loved ones
Shari Washington, Clinton, MD. Angry that in 2014 I still fear for my beautiful brown children and their children simply because of the color of...
Please Ancestral Kinfolk don’t say slave
Beatrice Okonjo, Djibouti. Greetings most bless, This African country (Djbout) is a most Black Country, and we have too many same problem. I was not...
Black Is Just An Insecure Label
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer To me race is just a made up way to put people in groups, based...
Racism against whites doesn’t exist, right?
Keira Glover, England. I was sat on the train yesterday reading Tolkiens ‘Lord of the Rings’ when a black woman sat down next to me,...
