We MUST teach kids about racism
Sam S. Arlington, VA I’m a young white teen growing up in a rich white area. For the past few years I’ve tried my hardest...
I am not your Black therapist
Eve Chambers, New Orleans, LA I am a bartender in the New Orleans French Quarter, and I love to have conversation. To chit chat with...
Long hair for a black girl.
Paige, MI Growing up, this is something I have heard countless times. Microaggressions like this are not only offensive, but further divide us as a...
Microaggressions are not innocent benevolent acts
Paula Mays, Arlington, VA People have to realize microaggressions, such as “Where you from?” are just as painful as overt racism.
What just happened was not okay.
Morgan White, Resident Whether it happens in a patient’s room or outside of it, it should be our responsibility as a department to call out/name...
I am NOT your model minority!
Anonymous, UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health The model minority stereotype is pervasive and cuts across all fields, including health. A few years...
I just want to be respected
Simone Bouyer, Riverview, FL I don’t want to be followed around the store while shopping. I don’t want to be pulled out of line at...
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...
Thought it didn’t matter. It does.
Avery, Chicopee, MA. I’m white, but many of my friends growing up were children of color. I always thought that we were treated the same...
