Conversations and connections change perspective
Mary Jo Nash, Oakland, CA The one connection we all have is that we are human. I am lucky because when I was pretty young...
Wisdom truth and beauty dwell in every human heart
Rhonda McGinnis, Wayne State “We come from every corner. We speak in every tongue. Brought here by a vision of what is soon to come....
People are racist within families.
Olga Johnson, Wayne State, Detroit, MI Race is becoming more difficult to distinguish according to google, due to intermarriages, travel and better communications between humans...
Only through interaction, foreign becomes familiar
Ansel Oommen, Queens, NY. Once we realize that all people are uncannily similar, we can start to support a diverse human ecology of symbiosis.
You are still someone without it.
Clarence Butler, Canonsburg, PA. Humans are humans are humans. Race does not exist. I think that people will not let go of this idea, because...
Proud to be me!
Jacob Russell, Wayne State, Detroit, MI. I’m proud to be me! Because I am unique and am like no other. Race should not divide us...
Human- does anything else really matter?
Kerri, Riverside, CA. I’m a Hispanic/English woman that was raised very, very Italian. It wasn’t until a few years ago I learned I was Hispanic...
Six humans running Lincoln Memorial steps
Nancy Eliot Corrsin, Baltimore, MD. Somewhere in Japan is a snapshot of a black man, an oriental man, and a white man galloping down the...
Racism; as American as apple pie
Malcolm Harris Jarvis, San Diego, CA. Unfortunately, the apple does not fall far from the tree leading, in many cases, to generations of racists. Racism...
Mom’s white. Dad’s black. I’m spotted.
William Jones, Reisterstown, MD. It’s Vitiligo. Yes, it’s what Michael Jackson had. It basically means the cells that make skin color stop doing that. All...
Every human being is entitled to humanity
Erik, Netherlands. Obama said in Athens: “To see different cultures and meet different people is important to understand ourselves and our place in the world....
Planet Earth – no aliens, only humans.
Patricia Butler Phoenix, AZ When did we start calling people from other countries aliens? I hate that term and the inequality it suggests. All of...
I’m Black, But I’m Still Human
Timothy Jodi, Mountain View, CA. Being black or white doesn’t make us any different from others. We are all equal despite our color, gender, and...
