Name doesn’t actualize who I am.
Angela G Bowie, Derry, NH My last name is Bowie. I am a descendant of James Bowie, An American Pioneer, The first to behold The...
They practically jumped off the sidewalk.
Nancy Bachana, Katonah, NY As a white girl in the 70s and 80s South, older Black men stepped out of my way on downtown sidewalks....
Mass Incarceration, Stop and Frisk: #NewJimCrow.
Ray G New York City, NY Brooklyn The Black Liberation struggle did not go far enough — did not uproot oppression, disassemble power structures, create...
Colorblind is still blind! Open eyes.
Amandilo Cuzan Chicago, IL Knowledge is power. Beyond the emotion we all benefit from studying the real history of race in America and the world....
Slavery never really ended. Just repurposed.
Coach Rob The Constitution never really abolished slavery, anything with a loophole, never closes the loop. (Black Codes, Jim Crow, Mass Incarceration, George Floyd.) How...
Now, I can protest that murder
David C. Ruffin Washington, DC I participated in the March on Washington in 1963. I was 18 and home on leave from the Air Force....
I have broke free from colorblindness
Michael J, Boston, MA I used to be colorblind. I was taught all about equality. I wasn’t even allowed to say black or white. Sounds...
Black and part of the solution.
Maurice Kemp, San Antonio, TX. I did not choose my race. No one did. I was born into a world with preconceived notions about my...
Mom, talk about your “black firsts.”
Janice Lowe New York City, NY My mother, Dr. Willa Lowe was one of the first black English teachers in several high schools in New...
Jim Crow Paper Genocide Native AmerIndians
Paper Genocide, Pinnacle, NC. Pictured: Monacan Indian Children at Recess How Jim Crow Practiced Paper Genocide Against Native American Indians. Jim Crow laws were a...
A Mississippi secret – not “accidental drowning.”
David Morath, Wrightsville, PA. On August 14, 1973 three black children from Atlanta, GA drowned in Waveland, Mississippi. Eyewitnesses reported that the children had been...
Must we forget our Confederate ancestors?
Jesse Dukes, Charlottesville, VA. This question was on my mind recently, when I wrote an article for Virginia Quarterly Review about Confederate reenactors at the...
Being a Black Male in America
Joseph Brown, Lake Elsinore, CA. Being a black male in America is complex. Not only do we have to fight systemic racism, we also have...
I don’t know if I understand
Zach Perrin, Cincinnati, OH. I don’t think I’m racist, in my day to day life I interact with black people a lot actually and have...
Last Jim Crow Generation In Charge!
Cleo Brown, SC. I and others in our late 50s and up are members of the last generation of children to grow up under...
I’m frustrated with my white peers.
CP, Garland, TX. I’m frustrated. Very much so. There is a lot of hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance, especially within my race – Caucasian. I wish...
Blind eyes don’t see a problem
David Q. Booker Chula Vista, CA This is a fantastic project. For some time I have been trying to come with my 6 words but...
Accurate racial history must be taught.
Heathyr, Klamath Falls, OR. If we really want to confront racism and eradicate it, we need to be taught an accurate history of this country’s...
