I want you to be authentic
Samantha Kaindi, Columbia, MD When I think about all the microaggressions said to me prior to this comment, I get really sad and wonder, what...
My husband calls me future girl.
Jennifer McCadney Bethesda, MD Growing up as a kid with a black dad and white mom in the late 70s and early 80s — in...
This is your race? Go fish.
Adrea Benedetti, College Park, MD. I will not let race define who I am nor will I judge another based on the color of their...
Yes, I can comb my hair..
Shaunise Allmond, Baltimore, MD. Society assumes since I am a black woman with natural hair I cannot do simple tasks like combing my hair. My...
This snowflake is in my seat!
JR Baltimore, MD I am white and an Ashkenazi Jew. I was brought to this country by my refugee parents from Soviet Union when I...
Strength is not yours to Exploit.
Carletta Robinson, Brandywine, MD I am often described as a strong, direct person. But somehow I get excluded from the everyday conversations that others take...
You’re actually smart. Not Affirmative Action.
Nana A. Forson, Baltimore, MD. Said to me, by a Caucasian male, after a brief conversation during orientation- at The Johns Hopkins University. We were...
America’s war on black people continues.
Deborah Taylor, Baltimore, MD Having a hard time with my faith’s forgiveness requirement. Definitely falling short.
Spokesperson for EVERY black woman…? NOT!
Audrey N. Skinner, Rockville, MD Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies – Masters in HR Management Program This is good work. Keep it up!
They love to stare, don’t they?
Rida Ahmed, Ellicott City, MD I am brown. On tests I pick the South Asian bubble. I second guess when buying light makeup. But I...
I am Isaac; I am Ishmael
Jonathan Aaron, Owings Mills, MD, As a Jew, I have always been intrigued by how Hitler twisted Jewish identity, indicting Jews as having bad blood...
White supremacy I win needs dismantiling
Ken Woodward, Germantown, MD I’m a 49-year-old white male. I have primarily lived oblivious to the pervasiveness of white supremacy and mostly denied its existence....
Sorry, My Mom Don’t Like Blacks
Amber Roberson-Rowell, Essex, MD. That was my second incident of prejudice and what instilled in me that race–the color of my skin–was a problem. The...
