Black physician, highly educated, still enslaved
Michael P. Maddox, Indianapolis, IN I have taken and passed every test required, kept up to date professionally, showed up when expected, worked in tandem...
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Michael P. Maddox, Indianapolis, IN I have taken and passed every test required, kept up to date professionally, showed up when expected, worked in tandem...
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...
Adrienne Adams, Indianapolis, IN I thought it was a battle my children would never have to fight in the 21st century. I was wrong.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sally Childs-Helton, Indianapolis, IN. I was raised (white) in the pre-segregated south and grew up with separate bathrooms, water fountains, and schools. My parents ran...
Warren Miller, Indianapolis, IN. I have been profoundly deaf since early childhood but raised in a hearing family and attended an oral school. I was...
John Stinchcomb, Indianapolis, IN. It would be awfully boring if we all looked alike. Like music & art the broader the spectrum the better.
Autumn Rainey, Indianapolis, IN. I remember growing up in a mostly Caucasian area, and I was told this often. What was likely meant as a...
Jan Ramer, Indianapolis, IN. I lived in Rwanda for 2.5 years, and got a small taste of what it is like to be in the...
Carrington Anderson, Indianapolis, IN. Never sure why I get “You’re so well spoken” so often. Not sure why people look at me and expect me...
Bryan Maloney, Indianapolis, IN. A dirty little secret of institutionalized racism in the USA is that racism is a great way to distract the working...