Compassion is a bridge to understanding
Jamila Everyone has a story. I am a black woman who grew up in a predominantly white neighborhood, went to predominantly white schools, and always...
I Am Shattered Pieces Scattered Black
Lauren Anderson Kansas City, MO I’m not sure what I would consider myself. The only thing that I know is that I am brown-skinned, but...
Do you dance around a fire?
Catherine Tiger, Kansas City, MO. I’ve been to many pow wows and I love to explain to my friends what it is that we do...
‘You Talk White’, I Just Enunciate
Shae, Kansas City, MO p>This is something that, as a person of colour, has really damaged me and confused me for most of my life.
Are you sure you’re really white?
Aleks Carpinelli, Kansas City, MO People often say that I don’t look white enough and it has made me feel like I have to identify...
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 . –
Why Do They Think We’re Racists
Josh Parker Grimm, Kansas City, KS I hate it when minorities, in general, think all whites are racists. I even have a black friend who...
Not as white as I appear.
Susi Matthews, Kansas City, MO. I am 1/4 Navajo plus Cherokee and Mohawk. I am also English, Irish, Scots and German. I LOOK white; my...
You love my hair, not blackness
Keiana King, Kansas City, MO I want people to understand, all races have something to offer and sure. The only thing people should judge someone...
Why Yes, My mother is white
Taylor Miller, Kansas City, MO. I’m sick of people not believing my mother birthed me just because we have different skin tones.
I am colorblind but ignorance isn’t.
Natalie, Kansas City, MO. I believe ignorance is a key that goes hand-in-hand with fear. We are afraid of what we do not know or...
GIVE; Live; Laugh; Love-Everyone, always!
Marlaina Catalano, Kansas City, MO. I’m not above anyone. In my eyes, everyone is equal. We should all help each other out and always have...
