Fighting against being stereotyped.
Nichole Wesson, Long Beach, CA. I grew up what I believed to be middle-class in Dallas. I attended private, Catholic schools from kindergarten through 12-grade...
I don’t know if I understand
Zach Perrin, Cincinnati, OH. I don’t think I’m racist, in my day to day life I interact with black people a lot actually and have...
Wish I was not a racist
Brian Smith, Sugar Land, TX. Part of me wish I wasn’t racist. I did my best not to be like my parents when I was...
Educated man people see only black
Jason Adams Wichita, KS I have fought to educated myself so I could raise my family into the middle class but at every job I...
Recovering Southern Privileged White Girl
Tiffany, Indianapolis, IN. I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. But I grew up in the middle class suburbs. My schools were overwhelmingly white....
Working hard as a white woman
Lindsey Halsey River Falls, WI Sometimes I feel that racism is taken to such extremes that we forget how much everyone struggles and is judged...
I’m the blonde on the bus
Peggy Magnusson San Pedro, CA In exchange for the stress of freeway traffic, I have begun taking the bus to and from work. For most...
White guy can’t walk in’your shoes
Jay Grabow, Omaha, NH. I’m a 52 year old white guy, living in middle class suburbs. Yeah, I’ve struggled to get where I am in...
Poor little middle class white girl
Nina Haug Richardson, TX While applying for college, I realized that I have no “hook” – the box, story, or line that might make me...
I have never enslaved anyone’s ancestors
Paul, Colorado Springs, CO. I am not the enemy. I am a 40-year old white, middle-class male- the prime demographic; according to some. It hurts...
“You’re Brazilian? You don’t look it!”
Daphne de Souza Lima Sorensen, Oneonta, NY. I’m a white woman with a perfect American accent. I have a university degree, a husband and a...
White person, in a white place.
Connor York, Portland, OR. Experiencing life as a middle class white male in a largely white area can make it difficult to understand the complex...
Just a few feet from Home
Ronald E. Davis, Omaha, NE. I bought my first home in 2003 in a small middle class neighborhood in Western Omaha, Nebraska. My house is...
Don’t hate my lack of color
Star Houston, TX I am a 15 year old middle class white girl. I lTexasove everybody. Why do black/mexican/etc. people I have never meet bully...
I’m a white woman in America
Arianna Mariotti Seaside, CA I am white. I am a woman. I am part of the upper middle class. I grew up in Orange County,...
Less about me, more about race.
Kristen Milwaukee, WI As a white, middle-class lesbian, I often focus conversations regarding diversity around how I am a part of the subordinate identity. I...
I recognize my privilege in life.
Anonymous, Baltimore, MD I am a middle class American female, who, through feminism, was able to come to terms with my real place in this...
The White Girl: curious, ignorant, ashamed
Rebeca Osborn Ambridge, PA I grew up in largely white, upper-middle-class suburbs, but as a social outcast for different reasons, somehow most of my best...
