Where’d you go to high school?
Jules M. Marquart, Louisville, KY. In Louisville during the pre-busing 1960s, this “screening” question was based on assumptions and generalizations about race and class. A...
Black Little Mermaid steals the show.
Sarah Mutombo, Louisville, KY. I attend Louisville Collegiate school, and in my 8th grade year I participated in middle school Musical: The Little Mermaid, Jr....
I want it to stop now!
CeCe Railey, Louisville, KY My reckoning with race actually came to a head when Breonna Taylor was murdered. There hasn’t been a single day gone...
FLEW through Security :) …husband stuck behind. :(
KB Louisville, KY I can’t count how many times I have been through airport security, worldwide, including dozens of times with my husband. I’m a...
I myself, am not an oreo
Natalie Ngong, Louisville, KY. Sometimes in this world not having the voice that is expected of you as the race you are, creates a need...
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,...
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...
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...
Don’t bring that black girl here.
DySharai Louisville, KY My girlfriends father said this when he discovered that she was dating me.
