You are dirt. So I scrubbed.
Melody Rabassa SUNY Potsdam, NY No difference. We are all human We can learn. Just need time
I’m done with all the fights
Cara, UT. I have been having debates with my husband for a long time. We have spoken about how there is trained racism and acknowledge...
I am human, just like you
Alyssa Williams, Richmond, TX People typically see the color of my skin before they actually see me. They judge my character before they get to...
I am tired of identity politics
Adam, Cleveland, OH It’s divisive and it makes me literally hate minority groups. I don’t hate the individuals in those groups, but as a group,...
So, what are you mixed with?
Ashley Butler, Wilkesboro, NC This is such an odd question to ask someone. However, as someone who is bi-racial, this is a question I get...
Not as white as I appear.
Susi Matthews, Kansas City, MO. I am 1/4 Navajo plus Cherokee and Mohawk. I am also English, Irish, Scots and German. I LOOK white; my...
Not magical or mythical, just human
Marsha Lynn Bragg Myhand, South Euclid, OH. I’m curious to know if the state of race relations in America has gotten worse or if the...
Just call me a human being
Lily Campbell, San Francisco, CA. I am a Freshman in Highschool, and for the past month, my religious studies teacher has been teaching us what...
I’m not Black, I’m Human first!
Alieu Nyassi, Pittsburgh, PA. We judge people by their race not the face that we are human first before any thing else. We have to...
A brokenness often neglected, never forgotten.
Daniel Harrison, Auburn, AL. What do I mean by neglected? I don’t just mean the easily targeted racists who are the enemy to be removed...
When will we see the light
Jeannie Coicou New York City, NY Brooklyn The story behind my six words is that in this world there are forces that benefit by keeping...
We are all of the human race.
Tommy Edward Sarmiento, Columbus, OH. Don’t wash anything, with color, with darkness nor with white light. All human beings have a right to express and...
Half White, Half Hispanic, Full Human
John Michael Rendon Nicholson, San Antonio, TX. Growing up around Latinos and Caucasians, I was either “too White for Latinos” or “Too Latino for Whites”....
I’m Polynesian, Micronesian, European, Asian, Human.
Wanda Keala Anae, Waipahu, HI. That’s me at 3 years old. I’m currently 53 years young.
Struggle is an equal-opportunity ass-kicker, sorry.
Jill Orange County, CA Assuming “equal-opportunity” and “ass-kicker” are each one word. Listen, we can all cry victim for one reason or another. If you...
