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Blacks and whites are not opposite

Linda Starry Houston, TX I have been a teacher since 1974. My first year teaching was the first year of forced busing in Houston. My...

Black is not a dirty word.

11 years ago

Janice Fairfax, VA I used to work in retail where we received commission, requiring customers to identify us. Customers always felt uncomfortable referring to me...

South African? But you’re not black?!?!?

11 years ago

Karen Becker Brookeville, MD

Not all black men are bad.

11 years ago

Georgina New York, NY

White parents, black babies. The end.

11 years ago

Joel Dipert Bakersfield, CA

Don’t bring home black…or Jew.

11 years ago

Linda Skillett Daniels, WV I grew up with a blue collar dad and stay at home mom. I started to date in the late 70s...

Oh, I wasn’t expecting someone black

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Anonymous, Hampton, VA As a young, black female majoring in architecture, I’m continually confronted with stares and comments from people not used to seeing someone...

Because you’re black you say n*****?

11 years ago

Emily MI Even though your ancestors were called that doesn’t mean you can call others that.

Looks white. Sounds black. Fooled ya.

11 years ago

Diana Veiga Washington, DC This weekend I was at an event with a roomful of black women. There was this one lady who stood out...

Black out side. Mixed in Side.

11 years ago

Eddy Bowen Madison, WI I chose these words because It’s my cultural anthropology. most people when they “see” me they just see a normal black...

Black, and suffering for uncommitted crimes.

11 years ago

Victor Bradley Nashville, TN This is both a reference to the broader stereotyping which has pervaded the Black experience in America from the slave trade...

Quarter black, look asian, passe native.

11 years ago

Anne Guillory Thom Vancouver, WA Don’t feel comfortable in ethnically oriented gatherings, except in Louisiana.

Mom said look black is ugly

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Giselle Henry Torrance, CA The first person who taught me that looking more like my African ancestors than my non-African ancestors made me ugly was...