“No offense, but you’re so pretty!”
K.E. Broadnax, Cleveland, OH. This was said to me while attending college. I am black, and went to a predominantly white, upper-class university (as many...
I’m only human, as are you.
Allie Herb, Akron, OH. Living in the area that I do, I have experienced a lot of racism. Whether it be in Akron, or have...
Flying car? Where is racial harmony?
Bruce Landwaster Cleveland, OH In the 70s sci-fi promised us many things, one of those things was racial harmony.
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....
White nurse. Inner city hospital. Disaster
Liz Kelly, Cleveland, OH. The big insight happened when I couldn’t understand the language no matter how hard I tried, although it was English. Knowing...
Every minority is a majority somewhere.
Laura Hurst Cleveland, OH I’ve been living in Santiago, Chile for the past 4 months. The ethnic homogeneity has made me proud and appreciative of...
Is it because we’re different colors?
Jerry Cordaro Cleveland, OH I’m Caucasian, my wife is African-American, and we’re the parents of two kids. Because of our work schedules, I’m usually the...
Reverse discrimination against whites solves nothing
Chris Crawford Cleveland, TN It makes me sick to think little children are being brought up to hate. I watched a video on you-tube where...
White mom of bi-racial child forgotten.
Peggy Person Cleveland, TN I have always been so disappointed in “America”, for labeling bi-racial, or mixed race children as one race or the other....
Tell Jew jokes while I pass
Rachel Kay Cleveland, OH Having been born in new york and raised in Chicago, I knew that antisemitism was real, but even if I ran...
Oblivious caucasians sadden me. I’m caucasian.
Jeffrey Faehnle Cleveland, OH It’s saddens me, depresses me, angers me, makes me feel hopeless at times when I hear or see other white people...
Rainbow storm, Universe borders, Diversity fear
Mark Mathes Cleveland, OH We’ve come so far and yet we’ve along way to go. sad and unfortunate.
