Do you worry she’ll bomb you?
Abbey Gammill, Lawton, Ok. Im am from the south, and I have grown up listening to elders make racist comments. My mom and dad raised...
Voluntary Segregation Is The Only Answer
J. Conway, USA My grandparents were against segregation until my parents school was desegregated in the 1960’s and suddenly it became a tribal battleground. Black...
What did we lose becoming white?
Rosa Friedman, Philadelphia, PA. My grandparents came to this country as children of Jewish families from eastern Europe. In order to become accepted as part...
Was all the suffering worth it?
Tamara G. Cincinnati, OH When thinking of which six words I would use for The Race Card Project I had to ponder for a bit....
I’m white and southern as cotton.
Chasity Massey, Trion, GA Where I’m from it’s unusual to see a lot of blacks or mixed races. We rarely see a lot of Hispanics,...
Who am I supposed to be?
Cascada Blanca, Troy, NY For over half my life, I thought I was Puerto Rican. My grandparents lived in Puerto Rico, they spoke Spanish, they...
There’s no excuse for being racist
Megan Kean, Fort Myers, FL I have been accustomed to ignoring my grandparents when they state something ignorant. I’m told, “it was different back then,...
Lizzie’s Journey from Plantation to Farm
Michelle Hill, Oakland, CA. Our family is so fortunate that my great, great, great grandparents were not separated from each other and their children during...
The Graceful Dance of Racial Inequality
Makael James, Chicago, IL Racial Inequality has been around since our great great great great grandparents have been around. In today’s generation it looks different...
My grandparents met in the KKK
Alisa Rose Ann Arbor, MI I didn’t know that until recently. My aunt found my grandfather’s robes in a trunk when he died. My grandmother...
But you don’t look half Mexican
Denise Shirley-Carter, Hudson, WI My father is white, Irish, Scottish, etc. My mother’s parents were from Mexico, Spain, then El Paso, TX. However, both my...
My great-grandparents fled pogroms in Ukraine.
Britt Trachtenberg, Long Island, NY p>I think part of my story is about how I ended up being born with privilege in an affluent community...
Great-grandparents were white illegal immigrants.
Robin Shudak, Wilkes-Barre, PA Both sides of my family are Polish, who escaped from Poland the rise of fascism. Their destination: the US. My maternal...
Privileged White Girl, Am I Really?
Tina Myrum, Alexandria, MN. Growing up in a small town, there was not a lot of racially diversity. However, I listened to the news, read...
Hated wearing green on St.PatrickDay mom.
Daniel Luis Soto New York, NY I consider myself Puerto Rican. Grandparents from PR My great grandfather on mom’s side is from Ireland. Going further...
Now 82, lynching, at 3
Florence L. Tate Sarasota, FL When I was three years old I sat with my grandparents around the fireplace and listened to my father reading...
I’m Middle Eastern but I’m white?
Ilana New York, NY I grew up in Israel to a father born in Germany and a mother born in the United States. Yet every...
