None deserve better, all deserve equally.
Valerie Cook, Sheldon, IA What makes one person deserve more privilege than another?
White Privilege doesn’t solve every Problem.
Payton Meier, Bellevue, IA You might think the white privilege makes life so much easier for whites. It does not, it does’t solve everyday problems...
You’re white not black, stop acting.
Autumn Danielsen, Maquoketa, IA Moving from a bigger city to a small town, I hear a lot of comments like: Why do you dress that...
“We Must Not Forget The Past”
Cindy Anderson, Burlington, IA I chose this because I have to hold on to memories of my daughter! Southeastern Community College, WB Iowa
Breathing their stolen breaths, I ache
Charlotte Kuiper, Sheldon, IA The reason I chose “breathing their stolen breaths, I ache” is because of the history back then. All the lives that...
Every color united under one God
Brynn Franken, Sioux Center, IA I chose these words because it is significant to note that although many of us are different races, we are...
Black and White. Why so different.
Micah Vande Hoef, Sioux Center, IA Why can’t everyone mutually get along?
Love, Hate, and everything in between
Keira Fox, Ankeny, IA Its easier to hate those who are different from yourself rather than embrace what makes them who they are. Instead people...
The journey and life I live
Xzavior Kurtzer, Cedar Falls, IA DMACC – I believe always reminding yourself no matter what’s going on around you that it’s your journey is important.
Never Black Enough. Stuck In Between.
Sarah Imhoff, Ames, IA I am mixed, Black and White. Growing up I had always felt or been told that I wasn’t enough of either...
Mainly white neighborhood, racism is normalized
Eden Coy, Bondurant, IA I am from an area with high white demographics. In my high school, there is a small percentage of people of...
