Si Senor, yo soy del Bario
Elizabeth Gonzalez, Hodgkins, IL. I am proud of living in my neighborhood. I did not choose to be born a Latina or living in this...
I LOVE THE SKIN I’M IN
Athena White, Chicago, IL. Embrace the power of love for it has no color. Teach others that lack this purity and watch how well it...
Colorblind is still blind! Open eyes.
Amandilo Cuzan Chicago, IL Knowledge is power. Beyond the emotion we all benefit from studying the real history of race in America and the world....
We have to be color brave
Cori Huberty, Chicago, IL We have to be brave to go deeper, closer, further, and build the kinds of relationships that actually reveal the person...
Who are your ancestors. Be honest.
Alison Bailey, Bloomington, IL. Yes. I’ve been able to find out who my 3d greatgrandmother is until recently. She was the bastard child of Joseph...
The Graceful Dance of Racial Inequality
Makael James, Chicago, IL Racial Inequality has been around since our great great great great grandparents have been around. In today’s generation it looks different...
They Teach Us Black Isn’t Beautiful
JaNya, Chicago, IL Everything about being black is beautiful but society tries so hard to teach us that it’s not.
Are you Mexican or “White Washed” ?
Jessica D, Chicago, IL People assume that because I don’t speak Spanish I’m not really a true Mexican but labeled as “white washed”.
I decide if I’m “black enough”.
Kelly Wickham, Springfield, IL. When I was born the white nurse told my mom that “mixed” wasn’t a category and she put “white” on my...
He exclaimed, “Ghetto Girl Makes Good!”
Laura Ann Lane, Chicago, IL. I was a paralegal at a large firm and the partners knew I was applying to law school. When a...
Proudly being Black means acknowledging Originality
Eric N. Harris, Chicago, IL. At age 40, I’ve come to realize that Life is the Classroom of Knowledge and I still have a lot...
White and some kind of Asian
Miles Foltynowicz, Edwardsville, IL. I’ve dealt with racial ambiguity most of life. It is not uncommon for someone to ask me, “What are you?” in...
Is it because I am black?
Renee Yates, Evanston, IL. Being black in America means that every time you feel slighted or unfairly treated in the larger society you have to...
Spit towards my feet on train.
Azeem Raheem Chicago, IL Happened about a week after 9/11 as I was headed home from school on a Chicago train.
Why not love one another daily?
Jim Schneider, Long Grove, IA Despite being a 58 yr old, white male raised in an all white, rural community in central Illinois, nothing will...
