DON’T ASK ME TO JUST FORGET
Thaddeus, Nashville, TN. I was raised poor in Louisiana where the generations of my family before me farmed and picked cotton, fished and lived off...
Can we all forgive and forget?
Brent Pappas, Cooper City, FL. Normally, I feel it is prudent to forgive others when they wrong us, and to remember their previous actions in...
Sometimes I forget I’m not white
Darshi Balasuriya Long Beach, CA I spend my days mostly in Orange County California. I live in this white world and often see myself in...
I hate seeing it in people.
Jesse, Edinburg, TX. “What the son wishes to forget, the grandson wishes to remember.” According to Hansen’s Law, the second generation immigrant tends to sever...
Deconstruct race but don’t forget history.
Carol Hodgspeth, Berkeley, CA. Race is important to talk about, but we can’t be boxed in by it. Be critical!
Forgotten history will always be repeated
Maranda L. Glass-Shelhorse, Grovetown, GA. We can forgive; we must never forget. History forgotten is doomed to be repeated.
despare, rehibilitation, sacrifice, liberation, overcome, forget
Everett Robinson New York City, NY Manhattan The story behind my 6 words creates a platform for history surfers who seek wisdom and the truth...
Right when I almost forget: Race
Muderi Aradi Poughkeepsie, NY Race to me is how authorities in an environment define aesthetic population differences, in ignorance to the vast continuum of intermediates...
I’m Asian I can’t forget that
Matt McDonough Morris, MN I chose these six words because I find that I sometimes will forget that I’m Asian just because I’ve been raised...
They will never let you forget.
John Johnson Portland, OR They will never let you forget you are black. I doesn’t matter where you go or what you do. First and...
