Not All Black Girls Are Loud
Skyler Craighead, Laplace, LA I chose the six words, “Not all Black girls are loud,” because this statement represents a common stereotype that many Black...
That girl spat in my eye.
Caprice Becker, Manhattan, KS. I was in High School in a very small town of about 1300 mostly descended from German immigrants in the 1870s,...
Black Girls Don’t Get Depressed…Wrong!
Tori Collins, Washington, DC. Depression is real and doesn’t care about your race. If you’re African-American and female not only are you expected to be...
Can’t see beyond my white privilege
Jessica, CA. I am a white female living in California with my white family. I grew up in an area where I was one of...
Black Girls Play Video Games Too
Chelsea L. Harris, Fort Worth, TX. I’m a gamer, and I don’t mean the occasional “Angry-Flappy Bird” app gamer, or “Just Dance” gamer. I’m a...
My name sounds black, I’m not.
Lynea Ramse, Nashville, TN. My name is pronounced La-nee-a. I have been grouped with black girls all my life in settings where people haven’t met...
Seek to understand; then find forgiveness.
Stephanie Bell Easton, PA More than 40 years ago, I was verbally assaulted on my college campus by a militant group of black girls who...
Keep an eye on that group
Maura Seleski Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan Summary: These six words were commanded of me during my employment at a clothing...
