Colored people? What? Red? Green? Blue?
George Sakalian, Sweden These were my thoughts when as a small boy in the 1930’s i first heard of “colored people” with no explanation. I...
Red hair? You must be Irish.
Vered W, CT I have bright red hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. Everybody thinks that I am Irish. I am Ashkenazi Jewish from Ukraine,...
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...
Marines are different shades of green.
Bruno, San Diego, CA. Senior Drill Instructor on race relations in the United States Marine Corps.
My “green” > Macy’s + Barney’s fiscal year $
Anonymous, Los Angeles, CA This is a reaction to the recent news stories of the African-American film actor who was unlawfully detained by NYPD and...
Army-wide, we were all green.
Christine Cook, Wayne State, Ann Arbour, MI When I was in the Army, diversity was important. So was looking past color differences. At the beginning...
You are all green to me
Joseph Veale, Rio Linda, CA. My race card is just a simple idea I was taught while on base. My mother told me that everyone...
Only color that matters is green.
GERARDO O. SALINAS, CA Money controls everything. More powerful than race but has no value other than the one we give to it.
