
Wishing for a happily ever after.
Shania, USA. She is tired of all the cooking and cleaning. She just wants to be a normal girl and be free.
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris

Shania, USA. She is tired of all the cooking and cleaning. She just wants to be a normal girl and be free.

Charles Jensvold, Detroit Lakes, MN. Thanks Seretse and Ruth; Thanks Richard and Mildred Loving and all who preceded us and did the heavy lifting. “When...


Treylieus Curry, Denton, TX. Everyone has a story and their road my not be pretty or easy to navigate but the destination is freeingly beautiful.
Edward Darden Washington, DC Every American black person, who succeeds is and was self-educated to a great extent, at least in the beginning. When children...

Lamar Johnson, Knoxville, TN. I used to get so upset when someone used N***** to describe me. I then realized that I got upset because...

Fatima Ramirez, Sunnyvale, CA. Live your life as much as you want without hurting others. Feel free to be yourself without imitating others.

Adam Flowers, Submitted via Twitter: @AdamFlowers. #theracecardproject

Karolina Krajewska, Hardwood Heights, IL. I read your article in National Geographic about a month ago. The white people are mad about the demographic changes...
Kevin Antonelli, Vienna, NJ. I remember the riots of the 1960’s yet at the time as a young child didn’t know the reason behind them...
Ryan Brooke Taylor, New York City, NY. Collected from: WITNESS: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties at The Brooklyn Museum My experience as a...

Jennifer F Taylor, Arcata, CA. Excellent work with enjoyable discussions on NPR…. Thank you Michele!

Marco Spisso, Rochester, NY. No matter who you are it is ok to be that person. Everyone is free to be themselves no matter what...
Laurence Barry North Attleboro, MA The above is a reference to our double-standard justice system.

Michael Ware, Sacramento, CA. Being a white blues musician in Sacramento, I’ve had the opportunity to meet all kinds of folk. I don’t see color,...

Sherryl N Weston, Denver, CO. I was an adult before we learned the full scope of my mother’s complete ancestry story. Timbuctoo, NJ was co-founded...

Givongi Bazile Love, Gramercy, LA. Just want to be free, in mind, in spirit in the physical!