Integration: equity and opportunity for all
Rob Breymaier Oak Park, IL We hear so much about how segregation harms people and communities. We don’t hear enough about how integration improves everyone’s...
Heritage-less Scandinavian – sad to be ‘average’
Michelle Sweeten O’Fallon, IL I grew up in an average small American town in the Midwest. I remember the first black family to move to...
You don’t really sound black.
Marc Dumas Chicago, IL Growing up going to integrated schools, I’ve always been told this. My response, as drilled into me by my parents, was...
Genetically unfounded, socially confounded, experientially profound.
Celina Chatman Nelson, Chicago, IL. We are constantly trying to essentialize race when in fact it is not a biological reality–there is no gene for...
I’m Caucasian, therefore the assumed oppressor.
Casi Scheidt Carbondale, IL It’s come to my attention that, throughout my life, others sometimes assume that my racial identity as white means that I...
Color:Brown Ethnicity:Greek Race:Human
John Q. Kontos Chicago, IL Sometimes, I wish that there were alien cultures that were a potential threat to our existence on earth, then and...
Who decides when you’re over it.
Shani Blackwell Chicago, IL Who decides when people who have experienced inequality should get over those experiences?
WHITE AND PROUD. ENOUGH SAID.
T.J. Chicago, IL Yes, I’m the Great White Devil himself. I came here to the U.S., killed ALL the injuns I could find (actually, my...
Do You Think I’m White, Really
Chris Hamby Bethalto, IL On my exterior, I look like a average Caucasian man, yet there is a little more to me than what people...
Tell me again how I’m privileged.
Anonymous Chicago, IL I am female and white. Often I am told by my POC friends that my life is easier than theirs and I...
Despite one difference, discover your connection.
Ali Hill Chicago, IL People have always boasted the importance of a first impression, but I don’t understand why. The very first impression, in almost...
