White Slavery & The Myth of White Privilege
DeAnna Calderon, Austin, TX. I grew up poor in the Southside of Chicago. We were extremely poor and even homeless at times. Sleeping outside in...
Being a non-racist straight white man
Kenton Skiba, Flagstaff, AZ There is a stereotype put with being a straight white man that we are all racist. For the most part, I...
I thought you were white on the phone
Bruce Flippens, Washington DC. I was told that by the first man who hired me when I left the Army. He hired me because of...
We’re ONE; Perception is everything.
Miranda Childe, Miami, FL I’m a 68-year-old native New Yorker transplanted to Florida after my divorce made it emotionally and financially difficult to stay in...
Now, I can protest that murder
David C. Ruffin Washington, DC I participated in the March on Washington in 1963. I was 18 and home on leave from the Air Force....
I am white. So?
Alan S. Doctor, Cambria, CA. I was born in San Francisco on 15 Sep 1930. Dad was Scotch/English and Mom was Polish with a dash...
Army-wide, we were all green.
Christine Cook, Wayne State, Ann Arbour, MI When I was in the Army, diversity was important. So was looking past color differences. At the beginning...
United we stand, divided we fall.
Chad Beauvais, Bend, OR. You are exactly right for sharing your real story. Many people feel the same way as you do and have similar...
Heart isn’t racist false accusations anger
Kevin Antonelli, Vienna, NJ. I remember the riots of the 1960’s yet at the time as a young child didn’t know the reason behind them...
I have been around the world
Mike Snow Spotsylvania, VA I have listened to the Race Card Project for some time on my NPR station and it has encouragd my own...
What color will your kid’s be?
J. Torres Kansas City, MO My father is from Puerto Rico, born and raised. My mother is Colombian. However, raised in Panama. They met in...
I’m A Black Mother Not Monster
Anonymous, Eden Praire, MN. Prejudice robbed me of my child. 15 years ago my only living child was stolen from me by her white daddy...
Black good samaritans, or would-be robbers?
Samuel C. Johnson, Keezletown, VA. I am a white man now 67 years of age. In May, 1968 (a month after the assassination of Dr....
You’re just like a normal couple.
Kathleen J Gagnon, New Haven, VT. We were at another couple’s house, for dinner. The meal was excruciatingly boring, but the man of the couple...
This “Gook” serves the U.S Army
Tai Bui St. Louis, MO Don’t judge me by how I look, I might not look like you, but I am willing to do what...
Passed over, wrong color. I’m white.
Steve Townsend Washington, DC In the 1990s, the US Army was under pressure to normalize promotion rates, especially in “under-represented” branches. I was in the...
Cracker don’t belong in dis hood
Eric Chaney Fort Leonardwood, MO Serving in the Army I was stationed in Washington DC. When I arrived I worked in an office of 7...
