Yankee child crossed South’s colorline. Paid.
Rebekah Bickford, Baldwin, ME. My white family moved from Indiana to Mississippi in 1977, when I was 8 years old. Our family was seen as...
Let’s go. She doesn’t speak English.
Nora Woodman, Fishers, IN. What one Jehovah’s Witness said to the other when I opened the door and had yet to say hello.
Don’t teach children labeling early on.
Elaina Barber South Bend, IN I worked in a kindergarten classroom my senior year of high school and those kids didn’t care about the color...
I was so slow to understand
Angela T, Indianapolis, IN I am still learning. I’m thankful for the African American friends I have made who let me ask questions without judging...
Stop blaming race! Start taking action.
Renee, Indianapolis, IN Blaming our race only causes more tension with other races and ultimately more racism. Let’s stop blaming everything on our race and...
White bullying in black territory
Anonymous, Elkhart, IN Black people will target a white person in a black neighborhood or inside institutions where blacks are superior. Beat them call them...
Born Black: Is that my CRIME
Kiavian Pender, Michigan City, IN People has this stereotype of, Black people being a crime just by the color of their skin and that’s not...
Calling me white is not compliment
Chappell Watkins, Indianapolis, IN. I’m a 47 year old black male I’ve grown up in all white neighborhoods, and over the years I’ve had multiple...
Teach us our history, free them.
Myron Anthony, South Bend, IN I grew up my whole life in a predominately white city. I grew up thinking that Christopher Columbus was a...
So sick of hearing about race.
Dan Wort, Elkhart, IN I grew up in a city with a fairly large percentage of blacks. Some of my best friends were black. We...
I am proud of my accent
Lana Meyenburg, Osgood, IN In the beginning when people talked about my German accent I was disappointed because I was different. Now I’m more proud...
Children just see people, not color
Leonora Triska, Knox, IN #TRCPIUSB When children look at someone they are not judging them on what they look like, or what color their skin...
Skin Color Does Not Equal Worth
Angela D. Huff, Plymouth, IN #TRCPIUSB I am a white woman with two children: a white daughter, and a biracial son whose father is black...
Western Michigan meets Korea near Chicago
Mark Cooper Lafayette, IN In elementary school, my best friend turned to me and said, “Mark, I don’t even think of you as asian anymore!”...
Everyone, everywhere, deserves real equal opportunity.
Andrew Lovell, Mishawaka, IN I am white, but throughout my entire life, I have always believed that everyone deserves equal opportunity. This means equal opportunity...
I am black AND enough
Airra Jackson, Elkhart, IN I know that I can do and be anything that I set my mind to. I am enough. I am worthy...
