The real fear of a black parent
Belinda Gilmore, Maceo, KY It was early 2016, and I was on the phone talking to a friend I had not seen in a while....
He stood. She sat. For equality.
Linda Leigh Hargrove, Concord, NC. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the Lincoln Memorial and made a game-changing speech. More than 250,000 people stood...
Why can’t we all be nice
Misti Harrelson, Meridian, ID p>I would always shake my head at those I thought to be prejudiced and felt that many minority groups stereotyped Caucasians...
Stop Living In A Distorted Past
Moonlight Lady, Piedmont Triad, NC I am white, and I am sick and tired of African Americans who continually live in the past, and shove...
Equity over equality. It’s what’s needed.
Laura Meihofer, Rochester, MN We need to start creating a space where everyone is welcome and where all can achieve greatness. I truly believe this...
I am more than 3/5ths person
Lynell, Nashville, TN. “We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity,...
Perception equals reality – OPEN YOUR EYES!
Kathy Devine-Henry, Smyrna, DE. Prior to my twenty-seventh birthday, my eyes were not completely open. Up until this point I believed that Martin Luther King...
I’m not proud of being a WASP.
Nancy MacLeod, Philo, CA. I have ancestors that came to America in 1630- among the 1st to take advantage of the indigenous people. What is...
Indian, European, past enemies collide kindly.
Harleen Thind, American Canyon, CA. The reason why I chose these six words are because my mother and father are of different races, my father...
You don’t want truth? Too bad.
Sammy Miller, New Orleans, LA It’s interesting that people say they want equality. What they really want is to demean. I hear people say that...
I gotta be better to be equal.
Andrea Canchola, San Antonio, TX. As a young, Latina, woman I feel that I have to be better than everyone just to be equal. I’m...
To be young, gifted, and black.
Maynard Hearns, Santa Cruz, CA. The black story in america is very simple: we were slaves, and then we weren’t. We were never given freedom,...
Just call me a human being
Lily Campbell, San Francisco, CA. I am a Freshman in Highschool, and for the past month, my religious studies teacher has been teaching us what...
Lincoln Memorial with Ace. I understand.
Jonny Cecka, Richmond, VA. I have always had progressive attitudes about equality and so-called “race,” but visiting the Lincoln Memorial with my adopted 13-year-old son,...
