My great Grandmother cooked for white slave masters
Jerrid Crumo, Minneapolis, MN. Race is something that has been going on for the last 2000 years and will continue to go on for the...
One race, one family: Human. Embrace.
Carla Brady, Peachtree City, GA. The internet allows us to share our lives and hearts. Why do we not see ourselves in each other and...
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...
Knocked Down, But Got Back Up.
Victoria Long, Seattle, WA. I have experienced racism at a young age, but no matter what they said, I forgave them in the end.
Forgive, I am not my ancestor.
Donna Hanson Bella Vista, AK My ancestors were slave owners and themselves indentured servants and sharecroppers. I’ve worked on my family genealogy for over 14...
To forgive is not in me
Gary Dunn, Brooklyn, NY. I find it extremely hard to forgive those who where responsible and benefited from the enslavement of us.I want to punish...
Black folks: please forgive white ancestors!
Linda Robinson Philadelphia, PA All of us are shaped by the culture and historical period in which we developed as children. That culture almost becomes...
Let it go and I will
T. Parker Dallas, TX I pray for the day when I can walk into any store and get the same treatment as the people who...
Called my friend nigger. Ashamed forever.
Bill Rowe Bucks County, PA It was 1971 and I was ashamed the moment I said it. Jeff was a friend and to impress the...
