I will have an inclusive classroom.
Emily Jackman, Durham, NH As a future educator, I am constantly learning new things myself. I want to learn as much as I can to...
You shouldn’t have to teach me
Margaret Lisi, Avondale Estates, GA My friend gave me many resources from which to learn about the forces that drove Black Lives Matter, including ”...
Your location influences your perceptions
Dylan, GA I grew up on the west coast, and my community was culturally diverse (whites, Asians, Hispanics). However, my community had a low population...
Marching while white doesn’t declare solidarity.
Katie Moss, Winchester, VA I own a t-shirt that lists famous African American leaders on it in bold white lettering from Harriet Tubman to Ibram...
Never Been Asked: “What Are You?”
Ella Harris, Columbia, MD I always felt disconnected from my African American identity. With my blonde hair, light green eyes, and fair skin, the world...
I wish I could do more.
Kit Tompkins, Boardman, OH I was born with albinism. I know a little bit of what it’s like to be left out, teased for the...
Racism is also prevalent in Canada
Emma Seawright, Knoxville, TN I am from Canada and the news covers USA news very often so during the summer when there were protests occurring...
BLM protests have turned me
Jö Sharsvën, Atlanta, GA The BLM protests have made me “racist”. I use that loosely. I don’t care anymore. If once there was a glimmer...
You don’t want truth? Too bad.
Sammy Miller, New Orleans, LA It’s interesting that people say they want equality. What they really want is to demean. I hear people say that...
You can no longer dehumanize me.
Lynn Keane, Canada I live at the intersection of race + gender inequality. When I was a little girl, my mother’s coworker saw us shopping...
Resisting arrest matters more than race.
Jack Carson, Portland, OR Black Lives Matter cherry-picks bad arrests and pretends that exceptions outweigh rules. It also trivializes high black crime rates, which draw...
May God have mercy on us
Phil Nolan, St. Petersburg, FL I can’t help it. I know it’s viewed as stereotypical but when I’m around Muslims I am defensive, wary, I...
I’m tired of Black Lives Matter (BLM)!
Chris Rochambeau, Seattle, WA I am ethnically “mixed”, (born in New Orleans – Spanish Creole, Cajun French and Choctaw ), but appear Anglo. I am,...
