Sweet, intelligent, handsome, loved black man
Kenyatta Yamel Milwaukee, WI Heard about this through twitter so I thought I would have my say.
We’re crayons in a chalk box
Nelson Aponte, Bronx, NY. We can build skyscrapers, put a man on the moon, we consider ourselves so intelligent, but we can’t figure out how...



“An Intelligent, Independent African American Women!”
Malikah Black, Urbana, IL. Based on stereotypes and neither are my sisters. The media instantly judge African American Women on their many failures, but what...

So much hate, I’ll never understand.
Lee Proctor, Philadelphia, PA. I consider myself to be an intelligent person but I am unable (and unwilling) to understand racism or any other of...

American, Alabamian, Female, Intelligent, Accomplished, and Proud
Miriam Summerville Dufer, Gordo, AL.


Intelligent and black, hated for that.
Consuelo, Stone Mountain, GA. This is because the two of the men in my life have dismissed me because I do not fit the ideals...
African Americans are second class citizens
Mary Ann Costanzo, Beacon Falls, CT. Most of us will not admit that we are biased against black, African Americans. We are not intelligent enough...
Black America has Proven Me Wrong
Dave R. Oakland County, MI Black America has proven me wrong. When I was young and dumb, I believed racism was the realm of idiots...