Grandma’s racial rejection disappeared with Olivia
Elizabeth Clair Winslow, Denver, CO. No one from my immediate family showed up when George and I were married. But when Olivia was born, all...
Celtic mutt…happens to be white.
Jenn Jackson, Canada. I grew up in surroundings that were predominantly white, wanting to learn more about other cultures. I moved to an urban center...
Something so important, but also not.
Sheri Baxter, Washington, DC. Race and identity are things that are so essential and important to who you are as a person. But also it’s...
Only Black in office. Very Isolating
Ursie Bankhead, Buffalo, NY. I have a PhD, have studied race issues. And still struggle in my workplace. Mostly within my own department. I have...
I did not know I’m biased
Tom, Richmond, VA, I always prided myself in not being racist or biased. After well over 40 years of life I finally realized I have...
Like looking through a semi-opaque window.
Tony, Chicago, IL. I chose these six words because when it comes to race, it is like we are looking at each other through a...
We’re ALL racist in some form!
Dana Lee Sterbens, Chicago, IL. Discrimination in not only for people of color. We all discriminate against “other” or “the unknown”. I have experienced racism...
On the internet, nobody has race
Clayton, CA. I spent a lot of my misguided youth playing video games into the late hours of the night. It was how I found...
None of us can define equality
Kennedy, KS. I truly think each person’s definition of equality would vary from one another in any given circumstance depending on their bias. We all...
There is no color, just people
Jean, Cathedral City, CA. I am a teacher and they try to tell us that we all have bias. In 11 years I have only...
Black AND White, no clear fit.
Barbara Jones, Albuquerque, NM. I was raised with a Northern European bias by Mom and family, my Black birth father not really being in the...
Respect individuals and race bias disappears.
Bill Fullmer, DeWitt, MI. If we show respect to all people we come in contact with, or near contact with, there is no basis for...
“Bias Incident Report” training — sadly, welcome
Carol Pope Madison, WI The UW-Madison has set up a way for students, staff and community members who see, hear, witness or are victims of...
YOU’RE RACIST, BUT WON’T ACCEPT IT.
Lauren L. Long Island, NY I notice that there are an overwhelming number of white people who refuse to accept that they have racial biases....
Racism rare. Racial bias everywhere.
Ed Milkow Los Banos, CA I think it’s time we moved away from the language of racism. It feels false to most people, and ends...
Their age, not race, scares me
Jack Prewett San Bernardino, CA Many teens act like they are 10 ft tall, can live forever. I don’t know what happened in Trayvon’s case...
