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.
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,...
One half Australian and love Vegemite
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.
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...
White mother, Black daughter, Love Wins.
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
Thomas Paul Lachowsky, Topeka, KS. Where’s my affirmative action?
Why is the pool filled up?
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.
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.
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
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...
People fear what they don’t understand.
Lauren Vorbeck, Leawood, KS I choose to believe that when people understand the differences, they are less afraid to reach out to someone new. Our...
Only one race. Unified human race.
Mit, Topeka, KS Hope your project will work to unify us all rather than separate as we all have common human needs. Thanks for the...
I got curly not nappy hair
Linda, Wichita, KS In middle school I got bullied by these 2 Mexican boys about my natural big curly hair and got my hair pulled...
