Injustice fear pity hope faith joy
Armando
Caracas, Venezuela
The people feel the injustice but hope and faith were always in their minds and day by day and life
Once uneducated/naive. I’m changing that.
Jordyn Ducotey,
Seattle, WA.
Recent events have really made me challenge my own thoughts and the perceptions that I have been taught. I consciously make an effort to expose myself to the injustices that are occuring in the world around me. I actively seek stories and look into them instead of listening to what my peers/the media feeds to me. I used to be the person to say, “Stop making everything about race.” and the other common phrases you hear these days. But after challenging myself and diving into the issues on my own, I’m so glad that I’ve learned that there are REAL issues going on. I now spend time trying to educate others, while continuing to educate myself. I think that education is the most important part. People will not change their views on this unless they are educated about it.
My ignorance has made me weak.
Langley B.,
Siloam Springs, AR.
I am a 21-year-old white female. Currently, I am taking a class at my university in which we discuss race and all the weight that it carries in our world. It was not until now that I realized how long it took me to step outside of my ignorance. The only reaction I’ve ever had to racism has been anger. Fist clenching anger. I have always been bothered by the injustice of racism, but have never taken the next step. I’ve never done something to change it. I have been too ill-equipped to respond in a way that makes a difference. I have been too ignorant to ask myself the question “What can I do?” This is what has made me weak. Until now.
Trying to Navigate, Willing to Fight
Donna Scott,
Seattle, WA.
I’m passionate about social justice, but I sense the amount of space that I take up, as a white person. I noticed race early on (I’m thinking I noticed it in Kindergarten, I was one of two white kids at my school of ~300) and I’ve been trying my best to learn. I feel my narrative isn’t important in this fight, but I want to speak up when I see an injustice. I’m never certain when speaking up will be speaking over voices of color or when I’m taking up room in spaces of color.
Not colorblind, just failed to see.
Megan Pastore,
Chesapeake, VA
Pull me over, and I get to walk away.
I’m not colorblind, but due to my white privilege, I failed to see the true nature of suffering and injustice, until now.
Illusion of difference that justifies injustice
Phyllis Gabare,
Kansas City, MO.
Race and Ethnic teacher gave his students this project. thank you I enjoyed doing it .
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I will make reparations to you.
Jane Cavazos,
San Antonio, TX
I have been reading the stories of African Americans for several years–their struggles, triumphs, setbacks and progress…I feel badly about the immense suffering they have endured over centuries of injustice. I will make reparations by volunteering my service in a public library in the African American community.
Equity is nice. Justice is better!
EduTechDiva,
Wayne State,
Detroit, MI
Equality is not good enough. Equity is what most are striving for now, but justice is what’s necessary and way too many folks are afraid of what this actually means. It might mean that those who’ve had the institutionally established ‘upper hand’ for a while now, experience the injustices that marginalized people have at the hands of dominant culture for far too long. Wonder what allies are willing to put THAT much skin in the game…
Be the change (and) ignite the possibilities!
Betruth,
St.Paul, MN.
We need to have so much hope for those who choose to see the love and peace in the world. While also seeing all the perspectives and opinions of others. Our cultural differences can lead us a stray from all the facts. I will not be burdened by the pigmentation of my skin but I will point out the injustices done to all minorities, whites included. That are subjected to the ignorance of those who don’t choose to look at all spectrums…How are we going to make a full statement if one simply doesn’t know the history or background of the other. We are all a unit being run by a hierarchy. We have people that make it harder for all of us to walk as one. Why constantly point figures?
I am one who is looking at articles, statistics and documentaries for some free lance social work.
I am co founder of a diversity team and I am an active peace activist. To be honest all that means nothing if I don’t respect the people that surround me and educate those who don’t know better. Their ignorance is not my weakness it is theirs. Mass Media, Corrupt Law Enforcement, and people that don’t understand the equal right concept …doesn’t see all angles. I don’t promote hate or violence of any kind. We need to walk hand and hand…Becoming part of the change is important, but understanding the need for change is much more.
Leadership culture determined uplifting educated community
Jennifer Leyla Rincones,
Detroit, MI.
A Latina with a vision to help advocate for all brown and black youth who endure the injustices of the criminal justice system.
White: Walk Free– Black: We’ll See
Laurence Barry
North Attleboro, MA
The above is a reference to our double-standard justice system.
White & Proud Not = KKK nor Racist
Heather Mast,
Houston, TX.
I’m tired of not being able to express my own opinion for fear of being labeled a hate monger or racist! Im sorry for injustice done but I did not victimize anyone. Many are too fearful to “do anything” to help one another of a different race because then, in turn, it becomes an argument over how the help was owed. I was and still M, not owed anything by society and have worked my ass off to get where I am but yet feel as if I can’t be proud of my accomplishments because I am white. It’s truly a sad and scary world we cure live in.
Injustice Should Never Be An Option
Kayla McDermott-Cobbs,
Long Branch, NJ.
Monmouth University
The United States of America is a place that is constantly changing and evolving. We have grown, as a whole, from a nation that was racially intolerant to a place where a black man can have the Oval. It is our job to educate our country about the scars of our past so that history never repeats itself. In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Injustice should never be an option the great nation the America has become. We have no excuse.
Recognize Racism In Every Single Sector
Tia Cunningham,
Charlotte, NC.
I love people & our world. I hate corrupt systems. Due to my love of humanity, I am compelled to speak up against injustices throughput the world.
I’m sorry but it wasn’t me.
Margaret Hayes,
Hopkins, MN.
I went to a school that had a large minority student population. I always loved and was proud of my district because of it’s diversity, but for many years I was personally victimized and frequently bullied because of my “white-ness”. When many students saw my skin color they personally blamed me for all of the horrible traumas their ancestors had to endure due to ignorant racism. I truly feel bad for these things and believe that racism still remains a huge problem that needs to be discussed and fixed, but I singlehandedly was not the one who created all of these injustices.
It reminds me freedom is possible.
Mickey Lambert
New York City, NY
Brooklyn
In a time that most people think of as a “post-civil-rights” era, in many ways, we are more tied up in injustice and inequality than ever. These images and sounds are a reminder that social justice looks like something more encompassing.
Injustice is Immoral; deserving of struggle.
Sheila Mahoney
Boston, MA
I was 10 in 1965 and am the Granddaughter of Irish immigrants also brutalized by white supremacists who went to Ireland from England to perform their cruelty. I cold relate to other American children in the south because of what my people in Ireland had endured. When will it all just cease?
Affirmative action necessary for current injustice.
Laura
Silver Spring, MD
It really bothers me when people dismiss affirmative action on the grounds that it is making up for racist past. Racism lingers and affirmative action is necessary to counteract racism today.
