Police harassed undercover cop wearing hoodie.
V. USA I’d rather not share my name right now due to the sensitive nature of the incident. While working undercover, I decided to duck...
Black teenage hoodie carried my case
Sylvia Potter, Uk The sort of appearance that you are supposed to be wary of. Politely offered to help, carried my case up the stairs.
Image portrayed, impression made. It DOES matter.
P. Contreras, Benicia, CA. How you choose to dress gives an impression about you. Whether that impression is accurate or not no one will know...
My Jacket Came With A Hood
Jayla, Wichita, KA I shouldn’t bother anyone or look suspicious by taking a walk with my hood on if I’ve bought my jacket that came...
I don’t always wear a suit!
Rob West, Lakeland, FL I am a leader in the industry & in the community and I am well respected. Most days, I wear a...
Polo, Khakis, Sperry’s, still a N*****!
Chaddirck G Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan No matter how I dress, what I do, or say I am viewed this...
America’s hooded winter must yield spring
Julie Delegal Submitted via Twitter: @julieinjax @totn @michele_norris #theracecardproject
My son can wear a hood.
Kristin Christy, Frederick, MD. When my son began high school in the fall of 2011, he chose not to request a locker; preferring instead to...
I pray for my son everyday
J Hill, Canton, OH. I am the proud mother of three children, two girls and a boy. They are all adults now. Every mother worries...
Dress like trouble, seen as trouble
Mike Arlington, VA I’m tired of people dressing, acting, talking like trouble makers, gangsters or criminals then complaining of discrimination. You will become as those...
White male. Wear hoodie. Not afraid.
Chris Santa Barbara, CA As a father who lost a child, my heart breaks for travon’s parents. Injustice doubled.
Mark Zuckerberg wouldn’t have been followed.
Fatima Faloye Harlem, NY Unconscious racism and white supremacism and/or their denial are the new frontiers in race justice. If we don’t address them, we...
My white son could be Trayvon.
Lauren Klaus Habsburg West Bloomfield, MI I fear that my son, in his hoodie, slouching down the street, wandering aimlessly, could be mistaken for someone...
Because I’m White, I’m presumed racist.
Robert C. Reynolds Sapulpa, OK All races and societies have racist individuals. Yet because I am caucasian, I feel I am singled out, profiled as...
Zimmerman’s acquittal is now his hoody.
Cindi Lagoudakis Petersburg, AK I’m still shocked by this verdict. And it’s sad and ironic that George Zimmerman, in playing judge and jury, has sentenced...
