“I am proud, always will be.”
Mariah A. Humphrey, Madison, AL In my life, I’ve been a victim of racism but that never made me hate myself, my color, or my...
The culmination of hate and hope.
Kimberly, Pittsfield, MA. My father, whom I don’t know, is black and my mother is white. I was raised in a White, Irish family. Growing...
MY NAILS ARE LONG, SO WHAT?
Tia DuBose, Memphis, TN American society often views nails, hair, or any other form of a black woman’s enhancements to her beauty as “ghetto,” unprofessional,...
He exclaimed, “Ghetto Girl Makes Good!”
Laura Ann Lane, Chicago, IL. I was a paralegal at a large firm and the partners knew I was applying to law school. When a...
Respect my fears. I’ll respect yours
Holly Burngasser, Inwood, WV I had the experience to going daily from my cushy white suburb into the black ghetto area of Cleveland. I could...
Being Black doesn’t mean I’m ghetto
Reagan Farmer, New Orleans, LA p>My school is Dillard University
Why do you talk so proper?
Cameron McCall, Fontana, CA. The reason I choose these six words is because I don’t like how I am stereotyped to be un-educated and ghetto....
Ashamed of being mostly white. Sadly.
De, Everytown, MO. I chose a picture of a rainbow because I think it fits the subject of my card. I am mostly of Caucasisan...
Not aplogizing for my white skin
Jillian Kurekova, USA. I am a 21 year old white female living in the ghetto. I have always been the outcast. I grew up in...
“You’re white, so you don’t understand.”
Carrie Piper, St Peters, MO. I grew up in the part of the suburbs that’s sort of a demographic limbo. You’d know what I meant...
Wish I was not a racist
Brian Smith, Sugar Land, TX. Part of me wish I wasn’t racist. I did my best not to be like my parents when I was...
Not all black women are “mad”
Zadirah Boyd, Philadelphia, PA. Black women has the characteristic of being mad, mean, or ghetto. Not all black women are angry or ghetto. There are...
You sound like a white girl
Joy Owopetu, Manassas Park, VA. What does this even MEAN? I have heard so many times that I sound like a white girl from the...
