People use pigment to write stories.
Corazon Johnston New Orleans, LA Aspen X Beyond the fact that ink is pigment we use to write on paper, skin color creates circumstances of...
I am not a criminal, statistic, failure
James McCray, Hemet, CA I am not what society has labeled me. I am not a criminal because I am so called African American. I...
Men I love aren’t safe here
Arlinda Vaughn, Dayton, OH. My partner is a tall, dark muscular black man (with a PHD). When he lived in Texas, the police arrived at...
Yes, Brown is beautiful and worthy
Gilberto Tapia Jr, Salinas, CA. I grew up within a mostly Hispanic/Latino community. I remember growing up, others would keep their distance because of my...
Leadership culture determined uplifting educated community
Jennifer Leyla Rincones, Detroit, MI. A Latina with a vision to help advocate for all brown and black youth who endure the injustices of the...
You’re Probably Not Racist, You’re Classist.
Melanie Moctezuma, Dallas, TX. There is a difference between racism and classism. Being racist is hating a race, you already know what the definition is....
“You don’t know me, no judging”
As a kid, people call me brown sugar, or caramel, and think of me as a kid who crossed the border with her family illegally,...
My Skin Color Doesn’t Define Me!
Marquelle, CA. Don’t believe the hype! I am African American! I am not a violent criminal. I have never been arrested! I am not lazy...
What are you so afraid of?
Addam Walker, Beaumont, TX, I’ve experienced white woman crossing to the other side of the parking lot to walk past me, the sudden locking of...
Color Doesn’t Make You A Criminal
Joshua Edwards, Baltimore, MD. I’ve heard many stories of police brutality on young black men. I am worried as a young man who is African...
Trump, we’re not criminals or rapists
Sheila, St.Paul, MN. Just because we’re Mexican doesn’t mean we sell drugs, steal, rape, etc.
Being Black In America is Hard
Shay Smith, Kansas City, MO. So the other day, a friend of mine, myself, and other friends, got into a very heated discussion about the...
I’ll stop committing crimes… After you.?!
Charles Walton Brooklyn, NY For hypocrites who with one track minds who insist that all blacks need to do to get their comeuppance is to...
Change will take another generation
David Bennett Park City, UT I am a criminal justice consultant. I was working in a major southern city and an elected official said to...
