IN Archives - The Race Card Project

I have taken and passed every test required, kept up to date professionally, showed up when expected, worked in tandem with others yet I am grossly underpaid with limited options due to non-compete clauses and threats of litigation if violated. I can think of no other reason for my situation than my Blackness.

“Race flavors every encounter in America” – Rev. Marshall Hatch

April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 america, Christian Community, flavor, Fort Wayne, IN, Joe Baker, Marshall Hatch, Race, Race flavors every encounter in America, race matters, Raleigh

Joe Baker,
Fort Wayne, IN.

I wish I could take credit for this, but it was spoken at the National Christian Community Development Association Conference in Raleigh in Sept during a talk entitled Reconciliation and why Race still matters.

You don’t look like a Mexican.

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 IN, Indianapolis, look, Mexican, stereotype, twitter

Ryan
Indianapolis, IN
Submitted via Twitter: @Antisthanes

I am not your model minority

August 21, 2023August 21, 2023 IN, Kinzie Gamaleldin, model minority, Prejudice and Discrimination Course, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Kinzie Gamaleldin,
West Lafayette, IN
Prejudice and Discrimination Course, Purdue University

Black mom. Blonde daughter. She yours?

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Amber Duke, bi-racial, Black mom, blond, blonde, but you don't look, fair skin, IN, Is she yours, New Albany, racial identity

Amber Duke,
New Albany, IN.

My bi-racial daughter has her father’s blond hair and fair skin. Soon after she was born, I was shocked when people would randomly ask, “Is she yours?” Once, in an airport, when I responded yes, a woman challenged me saying, “…but she has blond hair.”
Due to a new upgrade at our doctor’s office, I learned that she’s been categorized as white in their system since her birth. As she grows older, I’m concerned about how these types of comments and missteps will make her feel about her racial identity.

A label that determines one’s opportunities.

February 6, 2023 Carmel, Hayes, IN, label

Hayes,
Carmel, IN

Raised in white privilege. Unlearning.

January 19, 2023 Catherine Hill, Fort Wayne, IN, privilege, unlearning

Catherine Hill,
Fort Wayne, IN

I have tremendous admiration for non-Caucasian Americans who swim upstream every day. I am now aware of the current I float along on and look for opportunities to deconstruct institutional racism.

See me not my white skin

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Cherokee Indian, color of my skin, French-Canadian, German, IN, irish, Reagan, reject, roanoke, see me, Susanna Lee, white privilege, white skin

Susanna Lee,
Roanoke, IN.

I have lived in a world of “white privilege” my entire life. I didn’t ask for it, I did nothing to earn it; my skin is white, but my blood is Cherokee Indian, French-Canadian, Mediterranean-Italian, German, and Irish. As a youth of the Reagan era, I benefited from this “white privilege”, naively. I fully reject it. I love all people, but don’t always feel this love in return because they don’t see me, they see the color of my skin – white.

Riding on a train crying, mommy braiding.

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 1957, braids, cry, Donna Monroe, first experience, hair, IN, Indianapolis, train

Donna Monroe,
Indianapolis, IN.

It was the summer of 1957. I was riding on a train with my mother when I saw another little girl who was having her hair braided. She was crying. My heart went out to her because I cried when my mom tried to comb the tangles out of my hair.