Blinded grandfather gave granddaughter excellent vision
Nicole, East Lansing, MI. My grandfather was blind all my life. All I knew was that there was an accident. It wasn’t until he passed...
White mother, Black daughter, Love Wins.
Julie Steele, Lenexa, KS. We are not blind, but we do believe that love will win. We will not lose our hope that in our...
Colorblind is still blind! Open eyes.
Amandilo Cuzan Chicago, IL Knowledge is power. Beyond the emotion we all benefit from studying the real history of race in America and the world....
Racial stereotypes…killing mankind…hearts blind?
Amber Jackson Baswell, Columbus, MS. As a military brat I was naïve, sheltered. It was only when my father was stationed in the deep South...
Colorblindness renders me invisible to you…
Dr. NiCole T. Buchanan, East Lansing, MI. I don’t want people to be blind to my color. Instead, I want them to see me in...
“Basic white girl, you’ll never understand.”
Rebecca Robrahn, Holland, MI. No matter how much I try to learn and read and participate in conversations, I’m told I can’t understand, will never...
My race isn’t who I am
Jackson R Barnes, Ferrum, VA. My race/ ethnicity hasn’t effected me in the slightest. I have not been discriminated against or any other of these...
Race obfuscates to bind and blind
Jason Allen, Langhorne, PA. I believe the reason we have not effectively dealt with racism is because race is an easily recognizable symbol that obstructs...
Blind eyes don’t see a problem
David Q. Booker Chula Vista, CA This is a fantastic project. For some time I have been trying to come with my 6 words but...
Imagine if we were all blind
Silvia Bobby Norfolk, VA What would we our judgments and impressions on?
Humans bloom in many colors. Respect.
Gayle H Swift Palm City, FL It is essential that we become color-respectful instead of color blind. As we value all colors of the human...
IF WE’RE BLIND, WOULD COLOR MATTER
Sheila Galper Las Vegas, NV I always thought, how lucky we are to have eyes to see, but if we didn’t would color matter?
Struggling souls behind different skin colors
Jack Faulkner Oakland, CA Atttended an “interracial dialogue” in a psychiatric clinic in 1966. The two sides, black and white were polarized. Finally, a blind...
