Humanity should be more relevant than race
Matt Henegar, Jonesboro, AR. I think the we should quit focusing on minor labels, like black, hispanic, asian, and all of the other skin tone...
Being American doesn’t automatically mean white.
Melanee West Helena, AR Growing up in the military kids would explain they were biracial by saying “I’m X and American” meaning they were ethnically...
Don’t blame me for the past.
Greg Camp Fayetteville, AR I did not live in the era of legal slavery or Jim Crow. I did not support those laws. And don’t...
Apropos of the ‘subconscious racist’ quote.
Margaret Middleton Little Rock, AR Lyric by Oscar Hammerstein, from “South Pacific”. You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late, Before you are six...
It’s hard to overcome your history
Taylor Hern Harrison, AR I was raised a white person in a very, very, very white town in Arkansas with a reputation of hanging people...
What am I? Kenyan, or American?
Nichole Coates Siloam Springs, AR I’m American by birth, but spent my entire childhood in Africa.
Biracial girl always marked as “white”.
Alex Johnson Bentonville, AR My father is Caucasian, born and raised in Arkansas. My mother is Hispanic, born and raised in the Dominican Republic, despite...
People in majority should experience minority.
Dennis Searcy, AR I know a man, a white man, who is upset lately about the possibility of the Redskins changing their name. He thinks...
No, my daughter is not adopted
Danelle Hoffer Cabot, AR Michele, thank you for this amazing project! I am the incredibly proud white mother of a 16 year old mixed race...
You have got to be taught
Margaret Middleton Little Rock, AR Submitted via NPR’s Talk of the Nation Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, from “South Pacific”: Apropos of the ‘subconscious racist’ quote....
