“Immigrant” comes in all races/colors.
Jackie Spencer, New York, NY. The generalization we attach to people based on race is appalling. As an example when you speak of “immigrants” you...
Hope, Pray, Love, Nourish in Life.
Terrance Lofton, Fond du Lac, WI. Let us all continue to move forward by realizing we have issues and problems.
White guilt smothers hopes of authenticity.
Cindy Castevens Winston Salem, NC I’m white, and feel ashamed about my color every time I’m around black folks whom I don’t know. I think...
Father’s reflection, mother’s renewed hope, transformation
Christina Mayes, Richmond, CA. The constant revolving question in my life is, “What are you?” Let’s take care of this question now. My father is...
It embodies America’s hope and tragedy
Nick Rabkin Chicago, IL So much of who I am is comes from my sense that the fight for civil rights is really the fight...
White mother, Black daughter, Love Wins.
Julie Steele, Lenexa, KS. We are not blind, but we do believe that love will win. We will not lose our hope that in our...
The culmination of hate and hope.
Kimberly, Pittsfield, MA. My father, whom I don’t know, is black and my mother is white. I was raised in a White, Irish family. Growing...
I carry hope through young musicians
Virginia Jones, Danville, VA. I’m a 54 year old white lady living back in the south after 15 years away from home. Its not the...
I’ll experience this, hopefully they don’t.
Takiyah L., Oakland, CA. If all it takes for me is to take on the burdens of intersectionality, just so my brother and sister, and...
Perception equals reality – OPEN YOUR EYES!
Kathy Devine-Henry, Smyrna, DE. Prior to my twenty-seventh birthday, my eyes were not completely open. Up until this point I believed that Martin Luther King...
“Flesh color crayon: now “peach.” Hope.
John Calvin Miller, Fairfield, IA. “Flesh” color crayon: institutionalized racism revealed These both relate to an incident at U-Tapao Thailand where I served as Race...
Native Stand With Black Lives Matter
Stephanie Traversie-Baechler, Watertown, SD. Growing up in South Dakota, many experiences Native Americans have gone through are familiar to those that have been expressed by...
Someday I hope to love EVERYONE.
Nathan Robert Augustine, Walcott, IA I am a white man who has experienced plenty of privilege but also seen a small bit of the racial...
Race means difference rarely appreciative understanding.
Lili King, Alamo, CA With biracial grandchildren, I am afraid for them and in them have hope.
Turning away costs us almost everything
Jessica H, Seattle, WA. A society which chooses to live with such oppression and misery becomes a society without trust or hope: a nation of...
Be the change (and) ignite the possibilities!
Betruth, St.Paul, MN. We need to have so much hope for those who choose to see the love and peace in the world. While also...
