What are you? I can’t tell
Jenn O, Los Angeles, CA. This is the dreadful question that I get almost all the time… I find myself always having to explain my...
Can’t take off this hateful uniform
David Thomas, Pasadena, MD. White Grandfather to two African American grandsons, what a world we have created for them. I loath the day they realize...
You are. Don’t waste time explaining.
Gwendolyn Kelly, Louisville, KY. People of color spend too much time defending, justifying, explaining how they are or are not “like everyone else” and trying...
Why can’t I just be me?
Charles C. Chatman, Hanover Park, IL. As a black man, I feel that when I enter a room, I must explain my reason for being...
Being An African American Feels Powerful
Chelsea Delaney, Baltimore, MD. I have read different race cards that elaborated so much about the downsides of being my race, about being an African...
