She’s not my maid, I’m hers
Mara Floyd Fort Myers, FL Doris* and my mother have been best friends for over 40 years. Both teachers with their masters’ degrees, the two...
My mother boiled the girl’s utensils.
Michael Vines, New York, NY. Just want to make sure that you understand “the girl” was how many people in the 50-60’s referred to their...
You are smart to be Mexican
Teresa Gonzalez, Weslaco, TX. Many people say expressions like this one without taking into consideration its being offensive. They don’t think or recall that being...
Generations: slaves, maids, marching, why?, what?
Louise S. Malone, Albuquerque, NM. My family were originally slave owners in South Carolina. I watch the point of view change with each generation.
I have pride in my black!
Candayshia Loyd, Flint, MI. Growing up I was taught to be a quiet and polite black woman. I had to take persecution from men and...
“White” papers over background identity.
Catherine Kehl, Cleveland Heights. OH. When we divide ourselves into “us” and “other” we don’t only lose the other, we lose ourselves. I was twenty-seven...
Brown woman private school not: maid
Isabel Cristina Dominguez Dobbs Ferry, NY I love this project! It is so insightful- there are so many things to say about one’s self… I...
I ate lunch with the maid.
Sandra Morris Armuchee, GA I grew up in Vidalia, Ga. in the 60’s. I was babysat by women of color who also cleaned house for...
Lena was our maid, MISS her!
Lisa Freund Taylor Laclede, MO In reality, she was our caregiver. Raising a white womans children in southeast Texas in the 60’s. Divorce broke up...
Wow!!! They really let them teach
Deborah Council Wilmington, DE In 1970, I was doing my practice teaching in Barrington, NJ and took on of my student’s to an outing. When...
We had a maid I loved.
Christina Koomen Roanoke, VA This was the first sentence that came into my mind as far as saying something about race in my own life....
I want to be like you
Michael Manning Somerville, MA I was bused in 1969 to a school in Roxbury, Mass., and was myself discriminated against because of the color of...
