Race- term that now ruins America
Steven Jones, Wayne State, Detroit, MI Race is a word. Since its a word, it can be used in different ways. Currently, race is widely...
We’re all different, but the same
Alexis Houck, Lake Elsinore, CA. We may be different colors or ethnicities, but we are all human beings and no one should be judged or...
Do you notice any difference, though?
Edwin Amador De Trinidad, New York, NY. We are all professional, bachelor’s degree and have in common one thing: The academic progress of the students....
Education will free humanity from differences
Karolina Krajewska, Hardwood Heights, IL. I read your article in National Geographic about a month ago. The white people are mad about the demographic changes...
Arab, not Muslim. Know the difference.
Alice Saidawi, San Francisco, CA. Often times when I tell people I am Arab or Palestinian, they often immediately assume that I am Muslim as...
Difference doesn’t mean wrong, but unique
Angela Han, Korea. There are people who still are racist. I faced them when I was in America, the land of freedom. Because we all...
Your color doesn’t make you better.
Sasha Dee, Richmond, VA. It drives me crazy that people think something as arbitrary as the color of their skin makes them inherently worth more...
Don’t make assumptions. Just ask questions.
Stephanie Woodworth, Piscataway, NJ. My six words are in reference to how hesitant (in some cases, even terrified) people are to talk to each other...
I Carry Guilt Because I’m White
Brandie Bushee, Cedar Falls, IA. In our current times we hear about racism every day. I hate it. I’m not one to say “I don’t...
Indéfinies surprises de la différence: bonheur!
Jean M. Hebrard Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project – University of Michigan
I’m not white, I’m peachy-pink.
Alyce Gatlin, Seattle, WA. I like to put the “unity” in community. I want to listen, listen, and listen to people. Together we can find...
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’re just as racist as them
Kelsey Milinkovich, Akron, OH. People always say I am just ass racist as “everyone else”. They think that I won’t have friends of another race...
Race is race. It shouldn’t hurt!
Jesila Desir, Bradenton, FL. Why should what we look like and what we come from make a difference in how we live and how people...
The difference between realism and racism.
Danny Denzler, Wichita Falls, TX. There’s a difference between being realistic and being racist. Police profiling isn’t racist. Look at the facts. Who commits the...
Colour, power, difference, struggle, dignity, aesthetics
G. Arunima New Dehli, India I am visiting from India, and for many of us the civil rights movement, and the debates and politics of...
I’m not Mexican, I am me.
When I was younger, I always thought that race was real, I was surprised to find that it is not biologically real. Now that I...
Humankind: the only race that matters.
Nora Kathryn, Starkville, MI. It astounds me that media turns so many stories into race debates. I wish we could celebrate our differences in religion,...
