…but, Daddy, what is a Negro?
Harvetta Asamoah Gathersburg, MD At 4 years old, while watching attacks on TV with dogs (at that age dogs terrified me under any circumstances), trembling,...
He’s not allowed in this house
Linda Basilicato Frederick, MD My mother’s comment on my new, polite, handsome, articulate, smart, college boyfriend in 1993. “I had black friends–in school.” (My mother’s...
Thank God it’s a white woman.
Thomas Voracek College Park, MD University of Maryland My thought after accidentally rear-ending another car and watching the driver get out.
But you’re not white, white.
Anonymous, Baltimore, MD It was intended to be a compliment from a African-American woman to myself. I took it as that in the moment. Later...
Identity, confusion, unique discovery, hatred, mix
Terra Blissett College Park, MD University of Maryland
Clothes, speech, behavior, same…why skin?
Casey Patterson College Park, MD The University of Maryland
Don’t disregard me because I’m white.
Kate Chisolm MD I get a lot of nasty backlash for discussing race relations and social inequality. I’m told to shut up and stop trying...
