White: How do I help? No Answers.
Amanda Honigfort, St. Louis, MO. I am white. I am told again, and again, especially as a St. Louisan in light of Ferguson, that it...
Treat all people with respect, kindness.
Sally Miller, New Douglas, IL. My doctor of 10 years is on the 9200 block of Ferguson. He is black, I am white. I go...
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...
I shouldn’t care more than you.
Chrissy Iemma, San Diego, CA. I am a white woman. I have an interracial young adult son. The injustices that the African Amercican community face...
I Hate Myself for Being White.
Rose Johnson, Redwood City, CA. I feel so dirty. I don’t know why. I feel racist even though I go out of my way to...
Reading actually helps quell racist thoughts.
Jules Jeung, Union City, CA. At this very moment, as I write this, destruction is going on in Oakland due to the decision of the...
In America it’s always about race.
Yvonne Torrance, Philadelphia, PA. People who sat the shooting of Michael Brown is not about race are kidding themselves. If a Black officer had shot...
Who Am I: Not Michael Brown
Christopher Allen Cummings, USA. The notion circulating among a few of my black friends is that as a black man I should feel represented in...
No hope or faith left now.
Tracey Hughes, Kansas City, MO. The unofficial trial of Michael Brown (also known as the statement from Prosecutor McCullough) makes it official in my mind....
This is still not yet over.
Sarah Butler, Weymouth, MA. I am not blind to the similarities of then and now. A newspaper cover connected the past and present for me...
Angry Black men are so scary
David, Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation. The potential for violence from an angry black man is so much higher than any other source...
All power I see is white
Erin, St. Louis, MO. In my world today I associate power with people who are white. All my teachers and school leaders, white. My parents,...
Mugged by black teens, trust destroyed.
Alison Blomster Minneapolis, MN I think there are some healthy reasons why stereotypes of black male teens exist. After being mugged by 5 black teenage...
I’m white, I’m lucky; not fair.
Astrid afKlinteberg Gloucester, MA As a criminal defense attorney I am reminded constantly that I am privileged because I am white. I’ve represented many minority...
They hate me because I’m WHITE
Eddie Savage Gilberetville, IA There are bad people in the world, black, white, brown. the color of your skin does not matter. I know I...
