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Do you live in the suburbs?

Logan Clouse, Bonner Springs, KS One day I was in class and this young lady asked if I lived in the suburbs because I am...

That girl spat in my eye.

11 months ago11 months ago

Caprice Becker, Manhattan, KS. I was in High School in a very small town of about 1300 mostly descended from German immigrants in the 1870s,...

I’m a moving Black boy target .

11 months ago11 months ago

Damajion Menefee, Wichita, KS

One half Australian and love Vegemite

11 months ago11 months ago

Luke Edney, Hays, KS My father is an Australian native who moved to the USA twenty-one years ago. My mother’s family has lived in America...

We need each-other; tribe, tongue, nation.

2 years ago2 years ago

Stephen Karst, Overland Park, KS What if we worked to recognize the dignity in one another? What would it look like to celebrate our different...

Not always privileged because I’m white.

2 years ago

Destiny P. Park City, KS

White mother, Black daughter, Love Wins.

2 years ago2 years ago

Julie Steele, Lenexa, KS. We are not blind, but we do believe that love will win. We will not lose our hope that in our...

I’m Catholic; Therefore I’m a Minority

2 years ago2 years ago

Thomas Paul Lachowsky, Topeka, KS. Where’s my affirmative action?

Why is the pool filled up?

3 years ago3 years ago

Alonzo Peeke, Morris, MN When I was in 4th grade we moved from Overland Park, KS to Lynchburg, VA. My dad and I would shoot...

Oh, do you speak English? Si.

3 years ago3 years ago

Loreina Gonzalez, Edwardsville, KS. Imagine not being able to have a proper conversation with anyone, because they all assume you do not speak English. They...

I’m Hispanic but speak no Spanish.

3 years ago

Louisiana M., Wichita, KS I am Hispanic, my mothers mixed with Mexican and my grandmother is fully Mexican, but I speak no Spanish

I look like those I despise

3 years ago3 years ago

Stewart Curtrright, Overland Park, KS Prior to Jan 6th 2021, I was aware that occasionally my presence and appearance caused some people of color to...