Discrimination still exists; whites always suspected!
Brian, West Hills, CA. To expand on those six words, I’d say that discrimination against people of color still exists, though often more subtle than...
White Male, Can’t Talk About Anything
Joseph Palmieri, Framingham, MA. As a white male, I feel like I have been subject to a sort of stigma just like people of other...
White Males discriminated against at work.
Mary Fruin, Charlotte, NC. I think that Rev . Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Dream is nowhere near being fulfilled when our big corporations are...
Slight hesitation, then an extended hand.
Jessica Ruth Robkin Port St. Lucie, FL I have faced discrimination my entire life, though the moment that brought about the above sentence occurred outside...
Thanksgiving: Called out my racist brother
Annabel Knight, Austin, TX. We were talking about SS Disability, and he said “No, it’s not hard at all to get on disability–all you have...
Racism is Alive, Prejudice does Exist
David Murray, Highland Heights, KY. I feel, especially now, that this sums up what is going on in not only our country, but the world....
I’ve been guilty of hurtful discrimination.
Jonathan Routon, Riverside, CA. Often times people are afraid to own up to past racism due to how they may be judged. I must confess...
I’m black and I’m white.
Danielle Pitsenberger, USA. My mother is black and my father is white, so I’m mixed. In my day to day life it is very unlikely...
Not African. Not American. Not Haitian.
Ahpaly Coradin, Pembroke Pines, FL. It is easy to forget that discrimination, ostracism and prejudice are not the exclusive currency of the white race. As...
Half black, nobody knows or cares
Peter Nanula, Newport Coast, CA. I look white and was raised in mostly white areas, so no one knows I am half-black. Because they don’t...
Race makes us unique, not bigots
Shane Webb, Salt Lake, UT. Race was given to us as a gift, whether that gift came from God or Nature is irrelevant. Race makes...
Previouslly attractive, now obese. who changed?
Barry Allen, Cedar Rapids, IA. What I mean here is that when I was thin, (smoking cigarettes) doors were opened much more regularly & loneliness...
Racism stops when we respect everyone.
Kathleen E Lo Pinto Vignolini, Long Branch, NJ. No other group, except maybe the Jews, have had such a long period of discrimination against them....
The fight has only just begun.
Asha Parker New York City, NY Though we have come a long way, we are still shown on a daily basis that we are no...
Struggle always to acheive for victory
Doris Bell New York City, NY Brooklyn In my experience in the public school system in NYC starting in 1927 there was always an awareness...
Your “colorblindness” does not inspire confidence.
Andrea Franklin Savannah, GA Claiming to not see race too often results in also claiming not to see racism, discrimination, violence, and oppression.
