Racism kills: all blood is red.
MIRIAM L. IOSUPOVICI Imperial Beach, CA I am the child of Holocaust survivors. I grew up with ghosts of murdered family. Nobody needs to tell...
Didn’t realize color, til was told.
Cecelia Lawshe, Tujunga, CA. When I was 9, I didn’t realize my best friend was black until I brought her to my birthday party and...
Glad I dated a Black man.
Lori Wells San Diego, CA I grew up in a small Midwestern town. I had never been asked out by a black man. In fact...
You don’t sound like a Mexican
Mary Josephine Huntsman Glendale, CA I have always worked in an office and have had to answer phone calls, so when people come to our...
Why don’t I find you sexy?
Joel Lichtenwalter West Hollywood, CA It makes me question why, where, how I exclude some amazing guys from my dating radar.
But Where Are You From, Originally?
Christian La Mont Los Angeles, CA It’s just another way of saying, “Well, you don’t look like you’re from Colorado, what nationality are your parents?...
Saying you’re “color blind” is OFFENSIVE.
Lacey Johnson Los Angeles, CA I know that saying you “don’t see color” is a hot trend right now, but I don’t think that many...
MY DAUGHTER is a n***** lover!!!?!??!!!!
Vickie Diemer San Diego, CA ‘Overheard” at 14 years old…. radiating through the entire house.
Mixed race love – no gray area
Jan Hedlun Potrero, CA I am a white female who was in a relationship with an African-American gentleman. There was no gray area for most...
Other Blacks often police Blackness
David San Francisco, CA Policing blackness is when other African Americans determine what views are acceptable and then deintergrate or cast out fellow African Americans...
Topic scares, unnerves, and embarrasses people.
Kathryn Sacramento, CA Sad to say the issue of race still negatively challenges and polarizes people in so many parts of the world. This just...
Your lack of education is voluntary.
Winter Rose Los Angeles, CA Everyone in the USA is required to attend school, unlike impoverished countries around the world. Our education system is paid...
Gun robbery, scared of black, racist now?
Olga Kazakova Oakland, CA I was robbed at a gun point by two black men a couple of years ago. Now when I see black...
