I’m A Human, Not A Fruit
Gabrielle Guzman San Diego, CA Yes, I am Mexican. Yes, I know I apparently hold the same facial features as someone who would be considered...
Things I’m sick of PoC saying
Yuki, Ft. Myers, FL. Hear me out here. I am so sick of people talking bad about me being white, like oh I’m sorry Jaiana...
Your fear is not my fault.
Lawrence Dortch, Vienna, VA. I’m tired of smiling all the time to alleviate other people’s fears of me. I am not a monster and I...
Brown Woman From All White Family
Genevieve Schneider, Redlands, CA. Lots to say and no one to listen or appreciate it. One niece in her 40s and whose DNA shows she’s...
I awaken further to the pain
Kenzie Raulin, Silver Spring, MD. It gets harder and harder to awaken to the pain caused by ‘white’ folks, out of ignorance, pain, greed. It’s...
White folks get to be stupid.
Worokya Duncan, Ed.D., Saint Albans, NY. It grates on my nerves that white folks get to be stupid, and it turns into the fault of...
I owe you nothing, I’m not responsible
Tony Concorde, NC I am tired seeing white people feeling guilty or responsible for the misfortune of minorities.
It’s not my fault I’m Asian
Karen Jericho, NY Racial discrimination towards asians is unfair. We deserve the same treatment in the media, politics, and college application process. It makes me...
My FATE is not my FAULT!
Abdu Osman, Grand Rapids. Folks, you better judge me by my deeds rather than by my fate over which I have no control whatsoever.
How is this all my fault?
William Tacoma, WA The “white guilt” narrative and the assumption that racism is one-direction in the US is wrongheaded.
Stop making your problem my fault.
Anonymous Orangeburg, SC Often the discussion about racism is constructed as a problem with race. As if the problem isn’t with the majority’s racist attitudes,...
Is it my fault I’m white?
Ashley S. Elkton, MD People say I’m privileged, that I’m treated better because I’m white, and a woman, and a Christian, that I had educational...
IT HAS TO BE SOMEONE’S FAULT.
Pamela Jole Franks Phoenix, AZ It seems to me that at the bottom of all racism is fear and a desire to have someone to...
I’m white, so it’s my fault?
Matt Bender Philadelphia, PA I go to highschool, had to do this for a project. It’s cool what your doing good job.
