I’m sorry I’m staring at you.
Jessica Flake, Amelia, OH I work as a demo’s assistant at an international grocery store which will not be named for advertising purposes. Being in...
Ritz Cracker at your service sir
Ike, Midland, TX. If people are going to call me a cracker, which by the way doesn’t bother be at all, at least let me...
Be yourself Everyone Else is Taken
Kristine Knowles, Idaho Falls, ID I’m a 56-year-old woman from the south and racism is worse now, by far than in my youth. Although being...
Tired of being blamed for everything
Steve Snair, Canada. I’m a white male. By today’s definition, I’m the most privileged person to step foot on the planet. Well, let me tell...
White? Just don’t think about it.
D., Toomsboro, GA I grew up in a small southern town with a fairly even mix of African Americans and whites. I went to a...
Double standards and mutual racial fragility
Lily, UK I don’t understand why people on all sides of the racial debate, despite wanting equality, suddenly splutter and get defensive when people criticize...
Go Ahead and Call Me Cracker
Jackie Barclay USA Years ago, I had a run-in at a convenience store with a black woman who apparently hated me because I’m white. I...
intimidated by black men’s physical superiority
FessunUp Cracka, San Francisco, CA. My father never said n*****, but the multitude of subtleties…assumptions…these are mine to deal with. When I was a teenager,...
Yes, I’m white. But not privileged.
JMM, Nashville, TN. I’m white. 100% pale as can be white. I grew up as one of a small handful of white children in my...
Cracker? You burnt piece of toast!
Patti Bear Middletown, DE This was a exchange when I was in 5th grade, over a call in a kickball game. I know now what...
Cracker don’t belong in dis hood
Eric Chaney Fort Leonardwood, MO Serving in the Army I was stationed in Washington DC. When I arrived I worked in an office of 7...
Not All Whites Are Stupid Crackers
Cliff Ratner, Jr. Wichita, KS Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
