We thought you didn’t speak English.
Gabriela Denise Frank, Seattle, WA. Despite being a Detroit native who grew up in Arizona, I was mostly surrounded by white kids like me during...
Too brown for the fancy restaurant.
Jane Medina Orange, CA My daughter Annie had just turned 21. So she, my husband, my son, and I put on our cocktail party clothes...
Ignored black man, looking for boss.
John May Franklin, MA I was a salesman of warehouse equipment . On an ordinary sales call, I would drive to a warehouse and try...
I’m not white, I’m a Scot.
Samuel J. Lawson, Indianapolis, IN. I’m always annoyed when I have to fill out a form that only includes five or six races and there...
Witnessed prejudice against my black friends
MaryBeth, Rochester, NY. I am white. I never experienced or witnessed prejudice until I went out to eat with my black friends. On several occasions,...
Mixed and feeling like I’m voiceless.
Charlie J., Honolulu, HI. People who are mixed race (and identify with both/all sides of their heritage) are expected to sit quietly in a corner...
Weary advocate ignored achiever hindered opportunity
James N. Humphries Canton, MI University of Michigan Law NO.
Constant internal struggle; heritage constantly ignored
Mike Angell Folsom, CA So I’m just an average white guy who grew up in an average white little farming town in Michigan. There were...
CONTENT OF CHARACTER: forgotten or ignored?
Kate Ann Arbor, MI “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be...
