“Being born Mexican, doesn’t change anything,”
Conzuelo De Luna, American Canyon, CA. I might not look like other Mexicans, but just because I’m pale, with lighter hair and eyes doesn’t mean...
CHANGE COMES FROM DEEP WITHIN YOURSELF!!
Danielle Rosati, Hauppauge, NY. I am tired of being blamed for blacks feeling not good enough. If you feel a certain way it’s within yourself....
Why does so little change?
J. Morgan, IL. Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, et al. Why do we let so many disrespect our President for his race?
Change is, and has been overdue
PRMediaHostRenee, Submitte via Twitter: @PRMediaHostRene #ShiningALight #BlackLivesMatter
I’m here to change your stereotypes
Denali Lukacinsky, Honolulu, HI. People look at me and assume all kinds of offensive things about what black people are supposed to be like, they...
An outsider in my own family
Lisbet Mingo Oakland, CA What it feels like to share everything with those closest to you–except the color of your skin. And how that changes...
Treat every race as your own.
Eva Dotti, Long Beach, CA. This is the best way I can be the change I want to see. I don’t ever want to be...
I am who I’ll always be
Cassandra, Cleveland, OH. The process I went through to identify those six words is by realizing the six words that mean the most to me....
Not all southern people are racist
Logan Money, Summerville, GA. As southern citizens, we are often accused of being racist, homophobic, and resistant to change. Some are, but not all of...
Things Change to Stay the Same
Amye, New Orleans, LA. As far as we come and as much as we make progress it seems as if we keep falling into cycles...
Perceptions of race…change….over time…
M’Karyl Gaynor, Decatur, GA. I am 52 years old and I am from the Midwest (Rockford, IL) and while there was not an absence of...
Johns Hopkins University-A dialogue about diversity with Michele Norris
A dialogue about diversity: JHU hosts 11th Diversity Leadership Conference NPR correspondent, keynote speaker Michele Norris stresses importance of discussing race, diversity issues to ‘create...
Reincarnate me? Black woman. Every time.
Tania Rose England I love being a black woman. If I had to do it over, I would. And I wouldn’t change a thing.
Times Have Changed.. Or Have They?
Juanita Shields Tuscaloosa, AL People Say That Mistakes Are Lessons Learned, But When Does Those Lessons Become Permanent? When Will This Society Realize That We...
