Uncomfortable with privilege born of whiteness
Tamara Hoier, Durango, CO I was born into some blessings and acquired more because I was born in a “good” zip code, and am well...
Dating: I’m too dark for him?!
Anonymous, Northampton, MA. He’s a white European, and has never considered black women to be attractive, apparently until he met me and we got to...
You’re cute for a black girl
Leah Thomas Florissant, MO I grew up in Saint Louis, MO and I moved to a mainly white private school in the 5th grade. I...
Mom’s white. Dad’s black. I’m spotted.
William Jones, Reisterstown, MD. It’s Vitiligo. Yes, it’s what Michael Jackson had. It basically means the cells that make skin color stop doing that. All...
My natural hair looks like this.
Sherhonda Florence, AL As a child, every time a white girl touched my hair, she had something derogatory to say about how my hair felt...
Previouslly attractive, now obese. who changed?
Barry Allen, Cedar Rapids, IA. What I mean here is that when I was thin, (smoking cigarettes) doors were opened much more regularly & loneliness...
