This doesn’t make you a better person.
Amy Bramlett, Tuscaloosa, AL. My name is Amy. My fiance Keith and I have the most perfect baby girl together. She’s 8-months old and she...
We are all humans doing life
Jolynne, Chino, CA. If someone makes me nervous it’s usually because they’re different to me. Different than what I’ve been exposed to. It’s hard to...
Blood and Tears But Footprints Remain
Justin John Banks, Boston, MA. My ancestors were both Native and African American. The U.S. was molded by the labor of both of these brave...
Misreading slavery due to modern morals.
Rikki Clark, Milwaukee, WI. I teach African-American literature and folklore at the university level. Often white students will say in class how they would have...
China, Yellow, hardworking, dream, versatile, active
Yilan Miao, Selinsgrove, PA. Maybe we should improved the inaccurate term “racism” with the much more accurate and potentially productive term “stereotype”. As American people...
Cultured, Humble, Bilingual, Hardworking, Brave, Ambitious
John Lombaida, West Hempstead, NY I am a Hispanic male. I attend Nassau community college and these things make me the guy who I am....
I always wanted to be black
Angela, Manchester, NH. Since I was a small child, I have thought black people were more beautiful, more brave, more…everything than whites. I am white...
Empowered, Strengthened, Free, Brave, Protected, Enlightened.
Kimberly Glaud New York City, NY Brooklyn I chose my six words because of the way the the photos made me feel.
These people must respect our skin color
Hailey Irvington, NY The people who stood up for equal rights are brave!
