Never Been Asked: “What Are You?”
Ella Harris, Columbia, MD I always felt disconnected from my African American identity. With my blonde hair, light green eyes, and fair skin, the world...
People fear what they don’t understand.
Lauren Vorbeck, Leawood, KS I choose to believe that when people understand the differences, they are less afraid to reach out to someone new. Our...
Respect my fears. I’ll respect yours
Holly Burngasser, Inwood, WV I had the experience to going daily from my cushy white suburb into the black ghetto area of Cleveland. I could...
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...
Embedded fear of most black males
Jeffrey Todd, Portland, OR I don’t consider myself to be prejudiced but I sometimes experience a feeling of uneasiness when I encounter certain individuals –...
Inequality caused by fear and ignorance.
Maureen P. Shindle, Mount Bethel, PA I was married to a Black man who had to sit in the back of the bus and stick...
Lifetime in slipstream of white flight
Richard Bacon Chicago, IL Mid 1970s living in perfectly nice middle class neighborhood in NE Dallas Texas. The desecration, by busing, of the neighborhood school...
Multi does not equal NO race.
Erin Yarbrough, Norman, OK. My husband is half black and half Korean. I’m white. Our son is three races, but I hear and fear that...
Today I applied for a passport
Larry Smith (Vietnam Veteran), Saint Louis, MO. I look around and see white fear of black people (especially black men) on the rise as reflected...
Smile We’re All African Siblings Somehow
Anonymous, Muscat, Oman Race is a fiction created because of the fear of genetic extinction but if we are one species then why the uproar.
I fight against my inner fears.
Submitted via Twitter:@GWjaredwj My six words on race during @michele_norris’s “Eavesdropping on America’s Conversation on Race” session at Educause 2018.
Fear doesn’t define who you are
London R Holcomb, Bonner Springs, KS Fear does not define who you are. Neither does race. Your personality defines who you are and anyone who...
Being black in a white town.
Noel Hudson, ME I go to college in a pretty white community. There are about 10-20 black people out of 600 students. I grew up...
Colorblind but others may not be.
Catherine, USA I was raised to treat others with respect, no matter their appearance, but it’s difficult to when my identity is destroyed because so...
White Male Privilege Is A Lie!
Thomas Hardy, Chico, CA I grew up in an extremely poor family. My father was a WW11 vet that lost most of his knee in...
