Black, but I don’t fear police
Rinard, Holland New Tech High School, Holland, MI. Yes I feel there is an issue and a relationship gap between black men and police. It’s...
I have broke free from colorblindness
Michael J, Boston, MA I used to be colorblind. I was taught all about equality. I wasn’t even allowed to say black or white. Sounds...
Native Stand With Black Lives Matter
Stephanie Traversie-Baechler, Watertown, SD. Growing up in South Dakota, many experiences Native Americans have gone through are familiar to those that have been expressed by...
I pass. What is my place?
Jennifer Ward, Denver, CO. As discussions have proliferated in Denver and online about race, the Black Lives Matter movement, and how change should be implemented,...
Double standards and mutual racial fragility
Lily, UK I don’t understand why people on all sides of the racial debate, despite wanting equality, suddenly splutter and get defensive when people criticize...
Use privilege to give a voice to others
Isabelle Norconk, San Diego, CA. As a white woman, I don’t experience the struggle and discrimination that other men and women of minority groups feel....
Stop explaining why black lives matter
Tonisha C., Jonesboro, GA. All lives didn’t matter until black lives mattered. This response is no mistake. It is intended to be dismissive of the...
Black Lives Matter, Act Like It!
Nayana Davis, Wayne State, Detroit, MI Black people should not have to keep repeating that we matter because just like white people we matter too....
Should be “Black lives matter, TOO!”
Eve M. Holton, Hollandale, MN. Who doesn’t want ‘privilege’? Just saying.
