Rural Alaska, six blacks, my family.
Lydia Taylor Memphis, TN I was born and raised in Alaska. When I was 4, my father got out of the Air Force and accepted...
MY NAILS ARE LONG, SO WHAT?
Tia DuBose, Memphis, TN American society often views nails, hair, or any other form of a black woman’s enhancements to her beauty as “ghetto,” unprofessional,...
Black Men Have Feelings As Well
Jaleel Swauncy, Memphis, TN Black men are treated as though they are sub-human or animals with little to no feelings, both emotionally and physically. We...
Homecoming with best friend. You dating?
Jaden Miskowiec, Memphis, TN. I went to homecoming with my best friend, who happens to be black. One woman asked my mother if we were...
Dark skin woman; I love me
Sylvia, Memphis, TN. Thank you for this outlet. Letting people share their experiences, personal opinion & self worth, and/or reflecting on others in a limited...
My Mexicanness doesn’t tell my narrative
Arely Herrera, Memphis, TN One of my professors of the “(De)constructing Race in America” course I am currently taken has embedded the importance of having...
Private School? No, I’m not rich.
Tempe Ray Memphis, TN I have the privilege of attending a private school. Many people assume that just because I go to a private school...
Yeah, but you’re not BLACK black.
Ruthie Mengistu Memphis ,TN What does that even mean? Is it because I look biracial? Or is it because my parents are first-generation Americans from...
1/2 white 1/2 Mexican. I am equal
Isabella, Memphis, TN. I am half white, half Mexican. I’m not more white than I am Mexican. I’m not more Mexican than I am white.
All this, and still just white.
Anonymous, Memphis, TN. I feel like I have a wonderful heritage full of rich culture. Italian and Native American mostly, but when people look at...
I never wished that I was white.
Ronald Killebrew, Memphis, TN. If God made be black, he must had a good enough reason to do so, and that is good enough for...
Race is a misconception humans created
Meg Seigenthaler Memphis, TN Skin color is but a tiny portion of our DNA. Like blue eyes or red hair, it shouldn’t have such an...
Beautiful flecks on history’s butterfly wings.
James Wyatt Aiken Memphis, TN Sentient life is in its earliest stages, its infancy. As a sentient RACE, humanity has the joyous opportunity to witness...
Face it. We are all racist.
BC Memphis, TN I’m not saying racism is okay, but we need to stop trying to find the culprit and the victim. Everyone experiences being...
Oh racism? Blame the white people
Abby Memphis, TN Anything I say, African Americans can call racist, but anything they can I can’t say call racist. That’s causing racism.
