I’m not racist, my friend’s black
Nick Wheatley, Louisville, KY. I have heard so many people make racist comments and then use this as an excuse for not being racist. Racism...
You are. Don’t waste time explaining.
Gwendolyn Kelly, Louisville, KY. People of color spend too much time defending, justifying, explaining how they are or are not “like everyone else” and trying...
Race Is A Socially Constructed Concept
Morgan Burdette, Crest View Hills, KY. Race is a socially constructed concept to help us classify people based on physical characteristics. However on the inside...
I didn’t know Mary was black.
Carolyn Kay Conover, Harrodsburg, KY. It was 1964 and Mary and I had been friends since starting 1st grade together. We’d buy milkshakes at lunch....
Union troops killed by Slavery Supporters
Larry Morgan, Washington, NC. I have long regarded the Confederate Battle Flag (CBF) as an anachronism for which we Americans have shown remarkable tolerance. It...
More than just a “white Male”
Jonathan Foster, Monticello, KY. I so often here people or media lumping all white males into the same misogynistic racist pile, when the truth is...
I am human, stop labeling me.
Amarah Reed, Bowling Green, KY. I hate the term when someone uses me as mixed, or they say I act a certain race. I am...
Not All Asians Speak Chinese, Okay!?
Austin McGlothlin, Berea, KY. I’m an Asian studies major with a concentragtion in Japanese language. I have spent the only year I’ve been in college...
