My friends helped me to see.
Julie Ford Valdosta, GA In honor of Nellie Hammond, Mary Wright, Iris Branch, Sylvia Andrews, Deborah Lumpkin, the other Debra, Gwen, Dr. Ed James,and most...
I can have Black Acquaintances, not friends.
Julie Satterley Ft. Lauderdale, FL When my father said this to me at while I was in grade school, I was truly shocked. He was...
I can count my brown friends.
Liz Hohl Oakland, CA Race is so intrinsically linked and correlated to wealth, education, and power. I frequently consider my surroundings and realize how few...
You call friends “boy.” I cannot.
Dan Rinzel Washington DC A memory from my junior high school bus in DC in the early 1980’s.
Alison, Ben, Karan, Danathen, and Tevon
Holly West Ann Arbor, MI My five best friends have taught me a lot about race.
Best friend seventh grade was black.
John Fisher-Smith Ashland, OR . I immigrated from UK in 1939 when I was 12 1/2 years old and entered 7th grade in Huntington Long...

