Easy Acknowledging Privilege, Hard Surrendering It
Jason Snyder, Staten Island, NY As a middle aged white man, if I’m wearing the right costume and assume the right attitude, I can go...
I WILL try, but can’t understand
Luke Brockman, Oregon State University, Blachly, OR My six words are an attempt to underline my privilege in this country. I’m white, but have never...
Feel so helpless; solution’s so easy
Peter Skuce, London, Ontario, Canada. It seems so easy but it also seems impossible to change such ingrained attitudes.
Touched. Terrified, Empathetic. Praying for change.
Leanne Gutierrez, Eden Prairie, MN. Growing up white and privileged in a midwestern college town, I later lived in a Central American country for several...
Let Me Guess, They Were Black?
Taylor Jackson, Tuscaloosa, AL. The race card might come off as confusing since I am a white man and my race card has a different...
The difference between realism and racism.
Danny Denzler, Wichita Falls, TX. There’s a difference between being realistic and being racist. Police profiling isn’t racist. Look at the facts. Who commits the...
I’m white; where do I confess?
Anonymous, Annapolis, MD. Shouldn’t blacks learn something about white attitudes. I’m often surprised by what we hear about whites.
Flatbush Ruined When Blacks Moved In
Will Johnson, Omaha, NE. My father tried to ignore the crime and filth that appeared in the early 1970 in Flatbush, until he at the...
Biggest problem affecting quality public education
Denise Hills Tuscaloosa, AL I live in Tuscaloosa, AL. I’ve been involved with education, primarily at public schools, for years. This past election, I ran...
Blackness is your problem not mine
Victor Bradley Nashville, TN Often the discussion about racism is constructed as a problem with race. As if the problem isn’t with the majority’s racist...
Attitude defines me, not a language.
Yamel T. Colorado Springs, CO I was always pushed away because I could not speak English when I was little. As a result people never...
Can change myself and my attitude
Anonymous, Oakdale, MN. The Serenity Prayer is used by many different kinds of recovery groups because it helps focus ones strength on the issues one...
