Cultural Gatekeepers Defile Black People’s Beauty
Deborah Sanders New York, NY Racism has become so deeply ingrained in our culture that we are often only able to recognize the most obvious...
I want to understand Cultural Appropriation.
Rae, Canada. An issue came up on Facebook, about Halloween costumes. People were talking about it being inappropriate for kids to dress as native people....
Look Asian but culturally I wasn’t
Allison, Aurora, CO I grew up in a very Americanized community although my family was very cultural. All my friends in school were white leaving...
The world has a beautiful tapestry.
Mel, Sharpsburg, GA The world would be very boring if we all looked the same. I love the variety of colors we see in the...
Who is your daughter’s father?
Itoko Richardson, Daly City, CA. I am Japanese and my husband is Black (he extremely dislikes to be called African-American). Our experience alone was interesting...
Skyward Sprouting Despite American Cultural Miasma
Bomani Kyasa Detroit, MI We are Designed to Benefit from the Fruits of Our Own Labor. Anti-Life forces structure socio-economic conditions to to turn People...
I don’t want my white privilege.
Jason Struhs Salt Lake City, UT All safety and comfort that I currently enjoy has been at the expense of those who have a different...
Target, challenging, divisive, unites, rich, cultural
Chandra C Davis Decatur, GA University of Michigan Law
Young blacks’ clothing can be disconcerting
Robert Sowards, Austin, TX. I’m sure it’s simply a cultural thing. Even so, I find the baggy pants that show part of a young black...
Usually not racism. Instead, cultures clashing.
Susan A. Chicago, IL Stereotypes that are now labeled as racist, actually have nothing to do with race. Actually, it is cultural difference which causes...
Where’s the box for cultural diversity?
Isabelle Strauss McLean, VA I feel boring when I fill out race and ethnicity on a form – I’m white, nuff said. Or maybe not....
Celebrated cultural spice humans fortunately possess.
Lisa Wiesenberger Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
We are different, but the same.
Peggy Hutchinson Columbus, OH Different meaning; culturally, religiously, socio-economically Same meaning; we breathe the same air, the same way; we are the same creatures What’s...
