I trusted adults that taught hate.
Stan Pitts Anchorage, AK I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and was 10 years old during the fateful year 1963. My father was a Birmingham...
Nice small town has race issues.
Sara Przybylski Stevens Point, WI People think this is a great place to live, work, and raise kids… and it is. Just under the surface,...
Imagine not meeting strangers with guns.
Daniel Knoll, Saint Louis, MO. These may or may not represent how I feel about race,,,I am in Missouri, and grew up in the town...
Police harassed undercover cop wearing hoodie.
V. USA I’d rather not share my name right now due to the sensitive nature of the incident. While working undercover, I decided to duck...
All races in family equals love
Val Andrew, Overland, MO. My parents taught us early on to accept all people and invited international college students of different races, religions, and nationalities...
Lights flipped, pulled over, relax brother
JC Ousley Houston, TX In 1998 I bought a new red corvette despite my mother’s plea, she said the car was trouble for a black...
White men run errands too
Michael Kelley Los Angeles, CA I am a White man and when I am out running errands, some Black or Hispanic person will invariably ask...
The police work for you. Vote.
Alf Newlin, NJ. These six words popped in my mind while watching the national coverage about Ferguson as well as from a multi year experience...
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...
Hated for being a white cop.
Brett Maisel Nacogdoches, TX As a young, naive police officer I mistakenly thought most people would appreciate my sincere desire to help and protect the...
My beautiful black boys deserve HOPE!
Maria Roach Bowie, MD My children are too young to understand racism. They see people in three categories: family, friends, neighbors. But I see the...
Why does so little change?
J. Morgan, IL. Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, et al. Why do we let so many disrespect our President for his race?
Lost culture, lost opportunities, lost hope.
Marvin Hardy, Ferguson, MO. Born in and raised in Saint Louis, it’s amazing how much an African-American male has to give to make a success...
You are important. Your voice matters!
Kathy Mercado Temecula, CA I do not know what it is like to be pulled over by the police because of the color of my...
Just a few feet from Home
Ronald E. Davis, Omaha, NE. I bought my first home in 2003 in a small middle class neighborhood in Western Omaha, Nebraska. My house is...
