Still want to touch your hair
Brenda Becker, Brooklyn, NY. I grew up in a white Queens neighborhood where neighbors worried that “they” would “get in,” and the cool girls had...
White collar racism against Asian females
Yuka, Brooklyn, NY. Least sympathy-eliciting kind of racism ever! It’s like complaining about being rich, smart AND hot! (Image: screenshot of Google image search for...
I was bussed. I was scarred.
Andrea Stewart, Brooklyn, NY. When I was in third grade I was bussed from the predominantly white side of town to the predominantly black side...
Can WE ALL Just Get ALONG!
Thania, Brooklyn, NY If blood is donated to you in the hospital, do you know the race of that person. All you know is someone...
Yes, I transitioned. Still white, though.
Jonah F. Brooklyn, NY As a transgender man, I can relate to being marginalized. But still, my whiteness (and now maleness) affords me privilege in...
Hold my hand, cancer doesn’t discriminate.
Imari DuSauzay, New York City, NY. Brooklyn My friend is full of ideas and fighting with cancer…We hold hands to share love. I am experiencing...
Although it divides, I find beauty
Simone Pratt Brooklyn, NY I can talk about race all day… I work in multicultural advertising so it’s what I do, but outside of work...
I’m fine, race is your problem.
Anonymous Brooklyn, NY I’m not taking on the burden of race anymore. I am who I am, I love myself and that’s it.
I wonder what he’s doing there?
Edward Hershey, Portland, OR. My mom, a Stevenson Democrat, and I were walking home from the subway in Brooklyn ca. 1955 when she spotted a...
When will we see the light
Jeannie Coicou New York City, NY Brooklyn The story behind my six words is that in this world there are forces that benefit by keeping...
Anymore, afraid of what we represent.
M.W., Brooklyn, NY. We have been in our neighborhood for coming on ten years and in that time it has changed from ‘Bed-Stuy’ to ‘Clinton-Hill’...
