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I’m told to get over it.

Anonymous, Houston, TX. It’s hard being a young “smart” black man, especially in the military. If to good at my job it’s because “we helped...

Teaching History to White Graduate Students

7 years ago7 years ago

Collette M. Bloom, Houston, TX. It is a wondrous and wonderful experience to see the “AHA” moment appear on White students faces when they finally...

I’m genuinely sorry about my family.

7 years ago7 years ago

Katy Wilkerson, Houston, TX. In the deep South, in my experience, racism is pervasive, especially when you talk about poorer and poorer white people (not...

No I’m not Italian. I’m Chicano

7 years ago7 years ago

Tony Diaz Houston, TX Submitted via Twitter: @AztecMuse

Borderlands born. Always illegal. Always home.

7 years ago7 years ago

Chuy Benitez, Houston, TX. When you grow up at the collision of two countries, of two cultures, of two identities, you learn very quickly the...

I think DIFFERENT should be Celebrated

7 years ago

Dhani Slater, Houston, TX. Great expression idea (the Race Card). I believe our differences should draw us together out of a healthy curiosity, and a...

Ni de aqui, ni de aya!

7 years ago7 years ago

Yesenia Chavez, Houston, TX. I’m a first generation Mexican- American, born and raised in Houston, Texas. Sometimes it feels like I’m too in between both...

I’m white but I still have a culture (Welsh and proud)

8 years ago

Katherine Davies, Houston, TX. I understand that racial inequality is a huge problem, has been for centuries and hopefully, will not exist centuries from now,...