Why Does My Race Cause Fear
Steven, Aldie, VA. I feel that because of my skin color, my race, and all of the characterizations that have been made about both, there...
America: do you hate me?
Andrea Catala, Burke, VA. It seems that half of the U.S. felt fear and panic of non-whites or immigrants taking over our country. Well now...
Why is my life worth more?
Jasmine Balsalobre, Oviedo, FL. My appearance does not determine my morals, my passions, my hobbies, my opinions, or my relationships, so how can it determine...
Last Jim Crow Generation In Charge!
Cleo Brown, SC. I and others in our late 50s and up are members of the last generation of children to grow up under...
Fear/courage, Intimation/achievers, Beaten/winning
Yvonne Ovachi Bennett, Leesburg, FL. For every wrong there’s a right. Everything has a perfect opposite…. Hate/Love, Die/Live, Loss/Gain, No one/Everyone!!!!
Different hues outside; same fears inside.
Luke Brad Bobo, Ballwin, MO. We may be different hues, shapes, etc. on the outside but we share a common humanity – we have many...
FACADE USED TO DIVIDE A PEOPLE
Karen Bernod, Brooklyn, NY. Fear and ignorance drives HATE. The World continues to change becoming more diverse. CHANGE is always good. LOVE conquers ALL!!!
Fear and reconciliation: oil and water
Dirk Elting, Honolulu, HI. People cannot reconcile their differences when they do not feel safe. We scare (and anger) one another not only through our...
Struck for Dancing with Blacks, Why?
M C Antone, Ft Lauderdale, FL. In 1969 I told my parents that I would rather dance with the black kids at a high school...
African Americans are second class citizens
Mary Ann Costanzo, Beacon Falls, CT. Most of us will not admit that we are biased against black, African Americans. We are not intelligent enough...
My blackness should NOT equal fear.
Attalah Shabazz, Richmond, VA. Wipe the slate clean, don’t generalize, there is more to me than my skin color. I am more than what society...
I’m tired of fearing the police.
Brier, Olny, MD. I’m white, but I’m poor, I drive a beat up car, often with people of color in my car, I am not...
Yes I do fear Black men
Rachel, Tulsa, OK. Black men are many times more likely than White men to be thieves, rapists, and murderers. When I see a Black person...
