Canada has a racism problem, too
Emma Lamson Edirisinghe, Canada. Following the U.S. election, hatred and bigotry have reared its ugly head in Canada, too, where many think racism isn’t a...
She is the Black People’s Victory!
Ebony Nichole, Cincinnati, OH For three days after my birth I was nameless because my Mama didn’t know she was having a girl. Born very...
Bequeath your children wisdom, not bigotry.
Bill Heitland, Saint Louis, MO The most powerful voice you hear as a child comes from someone of authority: a parent, relative, coach. If that...
BREAKING NEWS: Jews experience prejudice AND white privilege
Osher Fein, Cupertino, CA This took me an embarrassingly long time to realize, but there’s this weird thing that white Jews experience called “conditional white...
When Skin Color Fades Away
Leonard Rios, Imperial Beach, CA. I am an American Indian on tribal roles and racism has followed my people childhood to present. I am a...
Don’t fake equality for your convenience.
Meah, Raleigh, NC I see too many times, people faking their support for minority groups when they want to come across inclusive. Once they are...
No way, Miss, you’re not white!
Joan Evans, Lawrencevillve, GA. And I am 100% white. But (far too many of) my students associate “white” with oppression and bigotry. When they tell...
Colorblind bigotry, religion is shunned here
Jo Miller-Frost, Beckley, WV. I have been explicitly informed at work to not discuss my religious background with anyone, but my students, who have never...
Canada has a racism problem, too
Emma Lamson Edirisinghe, Canada. Following the U.S. election, hatred and bigotry have reared its ugly head in Canada, too, where many think racism isn’t a...
Changing elementry schools, I found bigotry
Donald A. Dale Lancaster, PA I believe in a loving, caring and gracious GOD and that we are all GOD’S children, created equally.
Strength in comradery, weakness in bigotry.
Sean Senn, Oakland, CA. “I am a junior at Bishop O’dowd High School in Oakland, CA. English class of Ms. Sarah Tunik
Saw an ugly world too early
Diana Ryan Millbury, MA My last name notwithstanding, I am 100% Puerto Rican through and through. That is an ethnicity, not a race but too...
Bigotry, Enlightenment, Experiencing, Acting, Agitating, Living
Isabelle Keefe Marrero Tuscaloosa, AL I am 76 years old, grew up in New Orleans in ingrown bigotry, discovered that black people had a last...
Seething undercurrent of bigotry easily masked
Anonymous Eugene, OR Universities are just little bubbles in a sea of ignorance.
