Only black in medical school 1998
Anonymous Minneapolis, MN Submitted at the Guthrie Event, Minneapolis One Read
Guilty: More comfortable outside my race.
Angela Weaver Creedmoor, NC I’ve been told I sound and act White. I like White music and most of friends are White. I married a...
Must be black on the inside
Angie Featherstone Los Angeles, CA When I was 39 years old, my mother informed me that my great, great-grandmother was an escaped slave named Hatti....
Because I’m white, I’m racist?
Jackson Macdonald Burlington, VT Although I am white i got to a school that is split almost evenly white and black. We are a very...
Complexity, History, Beautiful faith, Unapologetically Black
Kelicia Hollis Ann Arbor, MI Being internally defined means I’m not worried by external scrutiny.
Biracial by birth, Black by choice.
Kimberly Siple Detroit, MI This quote from The Black Socialite Blogspot helps explain my choice. ”although the ”one drop rule” law was ruled unconstitutional in...
You don’t have to whisper “black.”
Tracy Gray Los Angeles, CA I’ve noticed that when some people described a person as “black,” they will whisper or hesitate, as if they will...
She really was my best friend.
Suzanne Axtell Santa Rosa, CA Despite years of developing a very close relationship, my friendship with the only black woman in my circle of friends...
Black enters restaurant, all look up.
Paul Alessi Cherry Hill, NJ My friend is a black man and he made this remark, that any time he enters a restaurant he feels...
I’m told I’m not black enough
Alexis Berkeley, CA I am of mixed race, African-American and white. Because I do not have dark skin, people love to tell me that I...
Black boyfriend visited, Nana called police
Cynthia Moore Northborough, MA My sweet kind misguided fearful grandmother called the police to report a potential dangerous intruder in the house when my black...
Being black doesn’t make me stupid!
L. Spencer Columbia, MD Educated and black is not an oxymoron. Base your opinion on my capabilities not my skin color.
