Name of cemetery doesn’t change history
Lonna Jo Bowen-AlMoctar, Louisville, KY. I am from a clan of hillbillies in Eastern Kentucky. My family has a swath of land, called Bowen Farms,...
White, Not allowed to be proud
Larry Smith Flemingsburg, KY I feel like if I’m proud of my white heritage I will be seen as racist. There is a double standard....
Human Spirit – Our One Equal Tie
Kimberly Davenport, Elizabethtown, KY. Irregardless of our containment, the color of our skin, our heritage, our social structures…one element binds us all and that one...
I can’t look away anymore. JUSTICE!
Beth Feagan, Berea, KY White folks have the luxury of not thinking about race, and that’s a problem. We are coded as “normal” or “default”...
Teaching My Children About Racism – Disturbing!
Octavia, Louisville, KY. In 2014, our 11 year old son would play outside everyday with the neighborhood little boys. Our son was told by the...
Grow like the fields surrounding us.
Kazandra Vanessa Trejo, Bowling Green, KY. I was born in beautiful Los Angeles, California. A state full of fields and Latino immigrants who have labored...
Proud poor white woman and mother
Jaimie Benfield, Louisville, KY Proud to be white and sick of all this crybaby bs about racism when a lot of the blacks I have...
Is It Racist to Abhor Ignorance?
Steven C., Corbin, KY I was raised in an all-white racist community, by racist parents, and attended all-white schools where racism was not only permitted,...
Don’t bring that black girl here.
DySharai Louisville, KY My girlfriends father said this when he discovered that she was dating me.
My relationship does not define me.
Anna Bell, Newport, KY I encounter so many people who think that because I date outside my race (I am African American and my boyfriend...
Education is the key to change
Autumn Segrest, Highland Heights, KY. As a white woman from suburban America, it can be hard to understand the struggles of the countless people who...
Just found out what I am
Trisha Perry, Crestwood, KY. I found my 1/2 sister after 46 years so now I kind of know what I am, at least 1/2 of...
