Divide in America demands one listen
When I entered high school, I quickly learned terms like white privilege, white fragility, and microaggressions, which challenged my identity. While I understood I benefited...
I have broke free from colorblindness
Michael J, Boston, MA I used to be colorblind. I was taught all about equality. I wasn’t even allowed to say black or white. Sounds...
Old dogs can learn new tricks!
Marilee Racine, Clinton TWP, MI I think having conversations is a step in the right direction.
How ’bout we all dig deeper?
Jenna Barrows, North Reading, MA My name is Jenna Barrows. I grew up in the Boston Area of Massachusetts with all white ancestors. I believe...
Grateful for Painful Cultureshock Down South
Audrey A Fischer, Wilson, NC. When I lived in Virginia Beach, I didn’t notice race. Up north, it was so institutionalized that I barely knew...
Conversations and connections change perspective
Mary Jo Nash, Oakland, CA The one connection we all have is that we are human. I am lucky because when I was pretty young...
Hard questions need to be asked
Noah, Siloam Springs, AR. To much today are we scared to talk or ask about things related to race, but that just shows us even...
We are one race – HUMAN RACE
Cecil Beare, San Antonio, TX. Thank you for broaching a subject some don’t want to address
I am scared for my children
Jamie, Wylie, TX. I live in a society that I am afraid of the world that my kids will have to be adults in. We...
Race card project spurs discussion
Race card project spurs discussion REPOST: October 31, 2013 Hannah Wright, Photography by J. Pablo Garcia Students, faculty and administrators at John Brown University have...
Conversations about race are existentially dangerous.
Martin MacKenzie Clackamas, OR I think these discussions have become so politically charged that no on can escape danger to one’s job, civil liability, or...
Encouraging ignorant questions promotes understanding difference.
Zak Forde Morris, MN I do not mean to use “ignorant,” in the overused negatively-charged sense, but rather in the abstracted dictionary definition of the...
I heard they trademarked Trayvon’s name
Tim Weber Reno, NV These words uttered by a co-worker. To me such a statement stems from a desire to divert attention from the matter...
