He didn’t come to our wedding.
Timothy Houston, Kansas City, MO I will let the words speak for themselves.
Love all, Hate none, Become one.
Brian Patrick Berry, Kansas City, MO Have a great day! I believe in you!
Race is not biological, but social
Amelia G, Kansas City, MO In my anthropology class we learn that we all come from one common ancestor and that we only “look” different...
Open arms and a kind heart
Lila Perry, Kansas City, MO Although we my not all look alike, being understanding and accepting is all this world needs. I believe that if...
Will they ask me or assume?
Hillary Buren, Kansas City, MO. As a biracial women growing up in am almost entirely white community I have adapted to addressing my racial ambiguity...
The nun made me mark “white.”
Jackie Loya-Torres Kansas City, MO As a small child in the 1970s, I remember having to take some sort of standardized test in school. You...
You are holding the binoculars backwards.
Andrew Schlager, Kansas City, MO. “You are holding the binoculars backwards.” We are so consumed by generalized assumptions about race that we fail to see...
I am Micronesian. So like Hawaiian?
Aliyah, Kansas City, MO As a Pacific Islander (specifically Micronesian), a lot of the islands aren’t very known. I understand not many people are knowledgeable...
I never thought you’d like this.
Asia Smith, Kansas City, MO This has been said to me many times throughout my life. I am a black girl who goes to a...
Blacks Must Show ID To Exist
Patti Downing, Kansas City, MO Attended the Race Place & Diversity Symposium and luncheon yesterday. It was a fun and wonderful experience. If all of...
“African-American descendant of Nathan Bedford Forrest”
David Forde, Kansas City, MO. Reconciled this after a long while.
White privilege meant doors didn’t close.
Maureen Rank, Kansas City, MO I’m a white woman who grew up poor; the idea of “white privilege” didn’t apply to me – or so...
Knowing Where and Who You are
Tyrone Aiken, Kansas City, MO I am in Kansas City, from New York thinking about my parents great migration from South Carolina. Knowing where I...
