The Uncertainty My Blackness Brings Me
Ashlei, Knoxville, TN Being a black woman sometimes feels like I will always have unjust obstacles in my life. I will learn to deal with...
Not chosen but should be loved.
Daniela Lopez, Knoxville, TN University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Sociology 110
No one wants to hear your heritage
Macy Willett, Knoxville, TN Yes, I do have a heritage. Yes, I am also white. While I celebrate the unique backgrounds of my friends and...
Redefining the south’s reputation for racism.
Lanthe Keller, Knoxville, TN I grew up in a small suburb outside of Seattle, WA. I played with and had friends in my class who...
If you were black you’d know.
Frank K Norris, Knoxville, TN, I have a good fishing buddy friend. I’m white and he is black. One day I was driving on the...
Racism is also prevalent in Canada
Emma Seawright, Knoxville, TN I am from Canada and the news covers USA news very often so during the summer when there were protests occurring...
Wait, so what are you exactly?
Ysabella Woods, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Sociology 101, Knoxville, TN
Yes, your uncle is still bad.
Anonymous, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Sociology 110, Knoxville, YN
Listen to others besides your own
Kaitlyn Marek, Knoxville, TN All too often, I hear my white friends and family members only promoting their own ideas about society and race amongst...
Best of Both Worlds? Or Neither?
Cameron, Knoxville, TN My viewpoint comes from living in America (especially during this time of social and political unrest) as a mixed-race individual. I have...
Wear your hair naturally.
Morgan Henry, Knoxville, TN I hate hearing my friends of other races struggle with wearing their hair according to their culture due to others’ biases...
I’ve freed myself from being “N*****”
Lamar Johnson, Knoxville, TN. I used to get so upset when someone used N***** to describe me. I then realized that I got upset because...
Hero. Musical Genius. Jazz is color.
Mark Lynn Honeycutt, Knoxville, TN. I’m a white, middle class, born and raised East Tennessean. But also a musician. Well, drummer. And my heroes have...
Do hillbillies have white privilege too?
Anonymous, Knoxville, TN. I’m from the Mountain South, where white privilege and racism take on a range of meanings outside the mainstream. I’ve heard our...
You just assume that I’m American.
Sophie Kershaw, Knoxville, TN. I was born in England, lived in Denmark for a few years, and my family settled in the US. I speak...
I am more than my color
Frank Benson Knoxville, TN I am native american from Alaska. I have been mistaken for hispanic, asian, hawaiian. it’s difficult not to see someones color,...
