I have white skin with acne
Elijah Hungerford, Elmira, NY While some have control over their acne, mine can be totally out of hand whether I like it or not, no...
What’s the point when color fades
Spencer, Wilmington, NC. Everyone dies. And when we do die, there will be no color, just bones and dirt. It’s funny that race is so...
We must teach children real history.
Jacquie Pancoast, Gresham, OR We are one race inhabiting this planet with other species. Oppression is about power and control. As a species we appear...
We are all brothers and sisters
Christina Williams, Aliso Viejo, CA. Race is such as small idea in comparison to bigger ideas like love, togetherness, family, connection and happiness. I wish...
Another white invention they can’t control
Anita, Fort Washington, MD. I used to think inter-marriage would remedy it but now I think human nature is such that we will simply find...
A Chicano from the Barrio
Miguel Ramirez-Cornejo, Riverside, CA. As a kid I was told that because I grew up in the barrio that I would become a cholo. I...
White, male privilege can transform lives.
Stacey Wicksall, Macedon, NY. Those who have traditionally been able to oppress others also are the same group able to lift others from oppression. The...
White Privilege, Enjoy it, Earned it!
Douglas Wayne Thomas, Kissamee, Fl. I am not apologizing for something I have no control over. Every major contribution to mankind was done by people...
Drugs are placed in black neighborhoods
Habibah Amattullah, Richmond, VA. The generalization is made that mostly young black men in poor neighborhoods are making money selling drugs. My question is does...
Don’t understand racial pride. Do you?
Cesar Murillo, Riverside, CA. It has always seemed a bit odd to hear people claim “white pride”, “black pride”, “brown pride”, etc. We don’t get...
White Supremacy has colonized our minds.
CB Terry, Ojai, CA. Racism and White Supremacy are not socially understood concepts. If we only submit to these forces mentally, it must mean that...
My FATE is not my FAULT!
Abdu Osman, Grand Rapids. Folks, you better judge me by my deeds rather than by my fate over which I have no control whatsoever.
No difference; people controlling or avoiding
David Ringlein, Lansing, MI. It’s really not about race; it’s about any way we can separate.
Not acknowledged but always there.
Sandra Kahinga Brooklyn Park, MN I think people think they don’t think about race but it’s always in the back of their mind and subconsciously....
