A white woman searching for truth
Pat Booker, New Ulm, MN I knew nothing about Tulsa- why!? So much history covered up & it continues today. I want to know everything...
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Pat Booker, New Ulm, MN I knew nothing about Tulsa- why!? So much history covered up & it continues today. I want to know everything...
Janeen Irving, San Leandro, CA. For the first 12 years of my life I was clueless to my own color (or lack thereof) growing up...
Alex Liu, Columbia, MD. Culture, inmigration patterns, history – it’s all very nuanced. Confucius did boil down the success formula though…what do ya’ll think?
Megan, KY. Where to start. I have no clue. I guess I’ll start with some background about myself. I am a person full of love...
Anonymous, Summerdale, AL. To fully understand the reasons why race is such a hot button topic in my opinion,is that one must look at the...
Keith Stokes, Newport, RI. Persons of African heritage have been far too long a background to much of American history. The more we can learn...
Jason Fong, Los Angeles, CA. Asian Americans have been in the U.S. for hundreds of years and yet we are routinely excluded from discussions about...
Liza Frolkis, Nevada City, CA. I understand that because modern Jews are descended from multiple populations that ‘Judaism’ is not technically a race. But the...
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...
Avanti Iyer, Chevy Chase, MD. I’m tired of not been seen as having the same rights as white people (especially after 9/11). I had to...
Kim Callahan Portland, OR I am a white single mom, my son and daughter (11 & 10) are siblings I adopted from Haiti. For all...
Vero Korbenfeld, Miami, FL More often than not, minorities are running a race against each other, to see who wins the “most tragic history” ribbon....
Jonathan T Sciance Norfolk, VA I am me, I want to be judged by my history, not my people’s.
Eric Evans, Tarboro, NC. Our God-given differences are meant to be appreciated not to keep us separated. As a Native American man I live in...
Katie, Salem, OR I struggle with feeling heavy and saddened by the history of the United States. I want to do my best to protect...
Bonnie Shoultz, Syracuse, NY. I was a young person during the 1960s, and dreamed that this country would overcome its terrible history of oppression and...
I grew up in a very divided household when it comes down to the words race and racism. When I 7 my parents divorced, I...