“You talk so proper,” Dude, what?
Jasmine N. Allen, Atlanta, GA The first four words are a quote from something someone said to me on the first day of 7th grade....
I’m surprised you speak so well.
E.C. Boyd, Canton, OH. I was not born, but I was raised in a predominantly white neighborhood because the school system was better in Perry...
“You come off as too articulate.”
Bobby Rivers, Submitted via Twitter: @BobbyRiversTV @michele_norris #theracecardproject 6 words I’ve heard from Anglo producers in my TV career.
You’re so articulate, you sound white.
Sidney Frye People have always told me, I have a way with words. What they didn’t tell me was that my linguistical gifts would call...
She’s White in a Black body….
Cooper Shell, Jackson, TN. She’s White in a Black Body….. That is what has ALWAYS been said to describe me—since I was at least 12...
I see my intellect surprises you.
As a young African American male, I have learned, through very personal experiences, that many do not expect me to be as wise or as...
Articulate, responsible; then color doesn’t matter
John H McKinney, TX King’s speech referred to the time when a man (actually he referred to his children) would be judged not by the...
When did “enunciating” mean “sounding white?”
Skye Carr, Virginia Beach, VA. Throughout middle school and high school, people used to always call me an “Oreo” because I was one of the...
Ashamed and embarrassed to be black.
Nobody, Durham, NC. I would change my race to anything non-black if I could. I don’t think white people understand how limiting it is to...
Too articulate to be from Harlem
JaNohn B. Snellville, GA. When we look at someone or find out where they are from, we assume they speak a certain way. When the...
I’m African-American and on time.
Jendayi Rachal, California, CA. I am a proud African-American female who is goal oriented and has her priorities in order. I do not follow stereotypes....
White Privilege Asian Wife Still get it…
Lee, Queens, NY. I live in NYC. A melting pot no? I am one of the few people where I work who is white American....
You are very articulate…gee thanks..
Lyonel LaGrone Jr, Urbana, IL. Over the last 17 years I have held a number of positions that have required me to give presentations on...
I, Woman Of Color Can Articulate
Epiphanie Malloy Inkster, MI This stereotypical notion that women of color,especially us in the African American community, are incapable of orating with yell, screaming, being...
People say I’m not black enough
Yodassa Williams, Oakland, CA. Whenever I speak freely around strangers, I am reacted to as if I am an alien for being black but not...
Called me white boy, I’m pissed.
Mario Latilleon Memphis, TN Being a light-skinned, articulate, and somewhat nerdy African-American boy can be a curse growing up in a poor black neighborhood in...
Race articulates difference and causes misunderstandings
Elkena Steele Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
