I will not yield to you.
James Michael Rogers Houston, TX I was at my neighborhood park one morning jogging, and I saw three white women walking abreast in one direction,...
Yes, I transitioned. Still white, though.
Jonah F. Brooklyn, NY As a transgender man, I can relate to being marginalized. But still, my whiteness (and now maleness) affords me privilege in...
Why do you talk so proper?
Cameron McCall, Fontana, CA. The reason I choose these six words is because I don’t like how I am stereotyped to be un-educated and ghetto....
Male, Polack-American, overlooked, tired, lost.
Kye Gordy, Lubbock, TX. I am branded white by my appearance, but I go much deeper. I am overlooked because my appearance blends into everyone....
Breaking the stereotype black male nurse
Chris Porter Seattle, WA History and TV have provided many roles, mostly negative, for black males. Our society rarely sees black men in the role...
Old white woman, get away with anything.
Kadi Johnson, Pueblo, CO. As a middle aged, middle class, overweight, white woman, I know that the police etc. cut me a lot more slack...
Male, Muscician, White, Strong, Free, American
Michael Ware, Sacramento, CA. Being a white blues musician in Sacramento, I’ve had the opportunity to meet all kinds of folk. I don’t see color,...
I am a proud White male.
Laurence Almand, Reno, NV. As a White male who has worked and supported himself since the age of 18 I am sick and tired of...
White, male, privileged, finally getting it.
J. Calvin Smith, Ranger, GA. After years in the Federal workforce trying to engage said workforce in my own philosophical struggles with whether statistical under-representation...
I struggle with appreciation and appropriation.
Alec Marchant Ashland, OR As a white male who finds much inspiration, pleasure and interest in cultures other than my own, I sometimes worry if...
Personhood comes first; race comes second.
Jarrod Bennett Bennett Hunterville, NC I’m a heterosexual white Christian male. Every day, this notion that I’m more privileged than everyone else, and that I...
