Why the wink and the gun?
Mark Overmann, Washington, DC. I grew up in a mostly white suburb north of Cincinnati, Ohio. My grade school was not diverse. I remember one...
Leave the gun, take the cannoli
Isabella Fioretto, Park Ridge, IL. Many people assume since I am 100 percent Sicilian that I have relatives in the mafia. None of my relatives...
Ashamed that my white privilege stifles others
Suzanne Rogers, Sherwood, AR. I was born with white privilege. I didn’t know true racism until I was married. I didn’t know that supposedly “good”...
Black good samaritans, or would-be robbers?
Samuel C. Johnson, Keezletown, VA. I am a white man now 67 years of age. In May, 1968 (a month after the assassination of Dr....
I’m tired of fearing the police.
Brier, Olny, MD. I’m white, but I’m poor, I drive a beat up car, often with people of color in my car, I am not...
Man tried for shooting black teen.
KK Boas Austin, TX Associated Press says “A man with a gun. A black teen, shot dead” ABC news says “The trial of a Florida...
Jury Instructions Vary With Defendant’s Race
David Waters Sunnyvale, CA I am glad that juror B37 spoke out and explained what happened in the jury room and I understand why they...
Do you, George, feel any remorse?
Mark Zipf Prairie Village, KS Only cowards bring guns to fistfights.
Blacks shot brother; Mexican driver, sister.
Curt Lyons Fort Collins, CO My father lost two children to violent deaths, when I was young, and it wasn’t until I was older that...
When carrying guns, don’t make guesses
Joe Montani Tucson, AZ Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
Gun laws renew Jim Crow mentality
Audrey Johnson Minneapolis, MN Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
