I fight for Americans, whatever color
Damon Williams, Florence, CO. I served four years in the 82nd Airborne Division from Jan 2001 to Jan 2005. Served in three tours and would...
She´s Big She Knows How To Fight.
Latae´a Dixon, Fridley, MN. Everyone assumes I´m a fighter or tough or reckless because of my size. But they´re wrong.
Not my fight, but our war
Sophia Hill, Sarasota, FL The troubles of the world seem to be closing in on us, but I have faith in my fellow man, and...
Trying to Navigate, Willing to Fight
Donna Scott, Seattle, WA. I’m passionate about social justice, but I sense the amount of space that I take up, as a white person. I...
Our Blood is red we are one
Poloko, South Africa. We need to come together and fight crime not one another. This is no longer our world, we will die and leave...
How white of me to participate.
Ben Guyton, Eugene, OR This is mostly a dig at me– for the impulse to submit a phrase as if it meant I was helping...
What can we do to heal?
Stacy Cole, Los Angeles, CA I used to live in St. Louis, Missouri. That was where I first experienced a taste of being “the other”....
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.
I’m done with all the fights
Cara, UT. I have been having debates with my husband for a long time. We have spoken about how there is trained racism and acknowledge...
A Jew lost in this world
Maya Granot, OH Jews only make up 2% of the world’s population. As a minority…as a Jew, I constantly have to think about what I...
Dad was racist. I fought him.
William G Doyle Jr., Castle Rock, CO. From the time I could remember my father expressed his racism against African Americans. I fought him because...
I’m racist but fight the tendency.
Mark Donaldson, Edgewater, CO. I’m white, grew up in rural PA in a mostly white school. I live in CO now and work in tech...
She´s Big She Knows How To Fight.
Latae´a Dixon, Fridley, MN. Everyone assumes I´m a fighter or tough or reckless because of my size. But they´re wrong.
In nature, only humans fight differences.
Trealavon Grier, Harrisburg, PA. As a dark skinned African American, I have only experienced racist rejection from others that look like me. Self hatred, unfortunately,...
Being a Black Male in America
Joseph Brown, Lake Elsinore, CA. Being a black male in America is complex. Not only do we have to fight systemic racism, we also have...
Race DOES NOT mean black or white
True Native, Vacaville, CA. It is sad to say that racial discourse in America has degraded into a petty fight for blacks first, all others,...
Stand up, don’t be silent, Fight Continues
Amy New York City, NY Brooklyn The power of everyday people to stand up and not take racism, sexism, anti-semetism, homophobia as okay. We must...
