My Mind Isn’t Inferior To Yours
Jonah Payne, St. Louis, MI. Many people feel that a Black person isn’t capable of what others are, and I find that to be false....
You’re nice for a black person.
Imelda Rivera Edwards, Antioch, CA. My 13 year old son shared this statement with me when I picked him up from school in Dublin, California...
I’m not a “real” black person
Maia Ogembo, Arlington, TX. Trinity University Because of the way I speak or carry myself, I am not viewed as black enough to some people’s...
Holy Cow! It’s a black person!
Bonny Hanan Cottonwood, AZ I am not a racist and I know this sounds bad. However, I grew up in a very small town that...
Why do we say “black person”?
Allison Askins, Columbia, SC. Too often, we as white people will differentiate a black person in a description of something we have observed, but we...
Sometimes I am a black person
Hasheem Halim, Blacksburg, WV. No matter who I become, when I walk down the street, I am black first.
We all walked out of Africa…
Patricia, Akron, OH. White person: “we all walked out of Africa” Black person: “Some of us got (a) free ride”
