Why must it be this way?
Bill Schreiber, West Long Branch, NJ. Monmouth University Thank you for doing this. The conversation will always be important, but I hope my grandchildren will...
Cowards fear difficult conversations and vulnerabilities
Andrew Yaspan New Orleans, LA I think that we could have so much more progress in this country if we were less afraid of being...
White man, from: Idaho, Arkansas, Justice
Michael R Riley, Potlatch, ID. I can go over to Seattle and order coffee, make conversation, and say I’m from Idaho, and the people are...
White colleagues discuss racism without us.
Michelle, Rochester, NY. My liberal white colleagues have long conversations about the problems with racism in American. They have interesting ideas about solutions to the...
My color does not define me!
Tena Thompson, Hilton Head, SC. We need to start our individual conversations about race and life issues within our centers of influence.
To see Dale hurt, still hurts.
Erin Thomas, Riverside, CA. In 1956, when I was in 4th grade (9-10 years old), we had a less-than-kind teacher, but you were taught to...
Michele Norris & John Legend in Ferguson for, “Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America”.
The Race Card Project and A&E will facilitate and archive the conversation during “Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America” a once-in-a-lifetime event airing...
White people can’t talk about race
Rick Brown Santa Barbara, CA As a white man I feel that I will never be able to have a legitimate open conversation about race...
Stop awaiting apologies just do it!
Roberta Smith, Boston, MA. During the conversation, once the white guy spoke about self responsibility a lot of black people were visibly upset and I...
White people, it’s not about you.
Jaqui, Bremerton, WA. So often, when having a conversation about race white a white person they are unable to step outside themselves. They are either...
Fear and reconciliation: oil and water
Dirk Elting, Honolulu, HI. People cannot reconcile their differences when they do not feel safe. We scare (and anger) one another not only through our...
When we run out of “firsts”
Greg Hudgison Columbus, GA I am hopeful that one day race will the last part of the conversation, and not the first. My six words...
Gwen’s Take: Race, Morning Coffee & The Race Card Project
REPOST from Gwen’s Take: Making peace and making coffee BY GWEN IFILL March 20, 2015 at 10:52 AM EDT I woke up one morning this...
I’m terrified to talk about race.
Michael F., Suffolk, VA. As a white male, I’m afraid anything that I say about race will be taken as an attack on another’s, but...
Love me because I am you.
David Clark, Sacramento, CA. This reflects my hope that the conversation is elevated beyond race to realize the truth that we are all one.
Racists Are Not Always Bad People
Michael Havis, Brooklyn, NY. I think the word racism no longer defines the conversation we should be having. The image of racism in America is...
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...
