Stop saying I can’t be offended.
Becky Watts, North Little Rock, AR. I am an African American, and I am often told by White People when I can and can not...
Ashamed that my white privilege stifles others
Suzanne Rogers, Sherwood, AR. I was born with white privilege. I didn’t know true racism until I was married. I didn’t know that supposedly “good”...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Shot. Applause
Bruce H. Weik, Hot Springs, AR. I was attending Northern Illinois University. Everyone on dorm floor applauded. It was on my birthday, April 4, 1968....
Acutely aware of my own whiteness
Grace Mayes, Bella Vista, AR. As a white female that grew up in a latino and black populated area with an English as a Second...
Hard questions need to be asked
Noah, Siloam Springs, AR. To much today are we scared to talk or ask about things related to race, but that just shows us even...
You should go to trade school.
Charles Dirden Little Rock, AR During the first year that schools were integrated this is what my white counselor told me. It hurt my feelings...
Born privileged, living poor. Gained perspective.
Elizabeth Foster, Little Rock, AR. Growing up in a mostly-white suburb of Chicago, I was isolated from cultural and socioeconomic differences. Through my privilege, I...
Black business is GREAT business too!
Anika Dixon, Little Rock, AR. The color of my skin should not determine the type of house I can sell you or the type of...
White man, from: Idaho, Arkansas, Justice
Michael R Riley, Potlatch, ID. I can go over to Seattle and order coffee, make conversation, and say I’m from Idaho, and the people are...
For Real We Are The Same
Trena, Gassville, AR. What is going on in this crazy world? We all breath the same air, walk the same ground, put our cloths on...
Red Cross “races” my blood. Why?
Mara Leveritt, Little Rock, AR. When I donate blood to the Red Cross someone looks at me and identifies me as “Caucasian” on their form....
I’m ashamed of my white privilege.
Marcy, Little Rock, AR. I want to be an ally but I’m scared to make hurtful mistakes. I want to learn how to speak up...
I wanted to play with everyone.
Leigh Marz, Kensington, CA. I remember visiting my grandma in Arkansas in the summer. She took my younger brother and I to a park so...
