I’m Black before I’m anything else.
Jan Miles, New Orleans, LA. I’m not a woman–I’m a BLACK woman. I’m not a writer–I’m a BLACK writer. In law school, I was a...
I can’t look away anymore. JUSTICE!
Beth Feagan, Berea, KY White folks have the luxury of not thinking about race, and that’s a problem. We are coded as “normal” or “default”...
“You Speak English So Well!” -People
Anonymous, USA. The worst thing about people on the street commenting on how good my English is, is that the only language I’m really good...
White is the default, isn’t it?
Robin V Bessemer, AL That man who helped me at the grocery store (meaning that white man) vs. that black man who helped me at...
White is not a default color.
Diana Lambert Kansas City, KS I find that children who have one “white” parent and one “non-white” parent are often decidedly identified as the non-white...
