Internal anti-blackness barrier to true connections
Cheryl M. Williams, Santa Cruz, CA p>The older I get the clearer I see how White Supremacy +/or White Privilege is expressed in others including...
To know Black, ride a bicycle.
Peter S. Fair Oaks, CA It is extremely difficult for those in the Majority to understand the grinding reality of our structural Racism. Few people...
Small brown flecks on a tortilla
Jane Orias, St. Louis, MO We moved to St. Louis, MO about 6 years ago after living in Hawaii and the west coast. The topic...
They hate me because I’m Black?
Alexander, Sandy Springs, GA. I grew up in a majority neighborhood during the eighties and nineties. There were only a few other minority families in...
Caucasian in Hawaii, treated as outsider
Annie H, Honolulu, HI Even after living in Hawaii over 25 years (moved for employment – my husband was recruited for a hard to fill...
We are united in feeling alone
John Griffiths, Golden Valley, MN I read a sample of 9 race cards in On Wisconsin magazine. There were messages from those in the minority...
Race is not a race
Vero Korbenfeld, Miami, FL More often than not, minorities are running a race against each other, to see who wins the “most tragic history” ribbon....
He exclaimed, “Ghetto Girl Makes Good!”
Laura Ann Lane, Chicago, IL. I was a paralegal at a large firm and the partners knew I was applying to law school. When a...
Straight White Males, press blames us.
Joe, Washington, DC. Don’t believe the hype. The press baits everyone. Stirring the pot gets more clicks which makes money. The pols benefit from a...
Yo, dumbass white honky mother f*****
Rudy Owens, Portland, OR. So, you want six words? Here are six I heard so many times I can’t even count them. They came in...
I do not need your validation.
Sheila Caldwell, Gainesville, GA. It appears that minoritized groups are constantly trying to explain race to be understood by the “majority.” I hasten the day...
But where are you really from?
Christopher Lee-Rodriguez, Boston, MA. We don’t live in a post-racial society. We live in a post-race society. We live in a country where in a...
One-drop rule, my a**
Nobody’s daughter, Boston, MA. It’s simple, really: Anything over 50% is a majority. Therefore, being 25% black (one black grandparent) does not equal “being black”....
When did you notice the Band-Aids?
Molly, Bozeman, MT. I was in my teens before it occurred to me that Band-Aids are made to match the skin of the White majority....
I hide in my Anglo-Franco name.
Eleanor Williams Maplewood, NJ My name is white, my skin is dark. Torn between my minority & majority roots I don’t know who I am.
My name is Jamaal; I’m white.
Jamaal Allan, USA. Listen to Jamaal’s story on NPR’s Morning Edition What’s in a Name? The Poetry Question-Discovering the Relevance of Words As a...
I am proud to be white!
Aaron Fitzgerald, Australia. It is OK to be white, we are NOT responsible for all the problems that the POC world faces; that the Jewish-run,...
