Sir, please check your White Privilege
Andrew S. Philadelphia, PA. To say minorities had it easy in this country would be like saying the sky is green, both insanely false statements....
Oh, I thought you were Hispanic
Courtney Martin, Moreno Valley, CA. My grandfather was pure Hispanic. He passed away before my first birthday. I moved to Hawaii when I was 6...
Grandaddy gave carp to the darkies.
Clay Underwood, San Diego, CA. My grandfather, born 1890’s, was an avid fisherman. My brother and I fished with him in rural north Alabama when...
Ilinois Grandfather fought South, Still There.
Joe Fricke Greenwood, IN My mother’s Great-Grandfather fought for the 121st Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War, was shot and killed in action against the...
Dogs and Irish, keep off grass!
Anonymous Lexington, KY These words, written upon a sign, greeted my grandfather when he arrived in New York after immigrating from Ireland.
Charles, Betty, Moses, Rose, and Nice
Ted Hudson Centreville, VA Excerpt from my fourth-great-grandfather’s 1790 Sussex County, Delaware, will: It is my Will and I do order that the Negroes I...
I never knew I was black.
Austin Howard Lakeland, FL I recently found I have a black grandfather on my mother’s side, making me 1/4 black.
My race is human. Yours, too.
Nixi Chesnavich Pittsburgh, PA I was raised by a racist. My grandfather had a bias against everyone who wasn’t exactly like him. Even as a...
Read Ralph Bunche’s comments about race
Richard C Evansville, IN Dr. Ralph Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his UN activities after world war II. He had remarkable people...
My grandfather would hate my children
Chad Oiastad Madison, WI Just that I’m glad social norms have changed. Anyone who views my mixed race kids as anything other than just kids...
I’m a German Russian Nazi Jew.
Rachel Stahr Bozrah, CT This is my heritage. My maternal grandfather and father are both Pennsylvania Dutch, but my great-grandmother is where things get interesting....
People, this isn’t your grandfather’s racsim
Richard Perez Bay Shore, NY Race is a byzantine and nuanced subject. The simpler days of the old binary strata, i.e. white/non white, are no...
My great great Grandfather saved you!
Michael Smith Waco, TX I am sick and tired of being called a racist because I am a white, young, male. My great great Grandfather...
Grandfather’s funeral. Only one Caucasian attended!!!
Mike Middlebrooks White Bear Lake, MN Century College Grandparents & Parents from Ocilla, GA
