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Because I’m balck I’m a threat

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Black, Black woman, Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, single mother, threat, Trust, VA, Winchester, Zuanisha Jones

Zuanisha Jones,
Winchester, VA

I’m Zuanisha. I am from NJ currently in Winchester VA and attending Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown VA. I am a black woman and when I go onto a retail store or any store I feel like I am watched and followed. I am there to shop I am not there to steal or hurt anyone I would love to be looked at the same. I am a single mother and I would never risk anything from me being a mother. I am a black woman in America and I would love to be trusted until proven other wise.

Our global motivations are innately similar.

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 change, desire, driven, equal, global, Middletown, Monmouth University, motivation, NJ, reality, similar, survival, Tiffany Wysocki, travel, truth, USA

Tiffany Wysocki,
Middletown, NJ.
Monmouth University

As I travel the world, I have found one truth: we are all innately equal in our drives and desires. We are driven by love and survival. We want the best for our families. We want to feel loved and have the opportunity to love. That’s it. That is the place we start. Not from our differences, but what makes us the same. The human condition is more powerful than our facades. If we can start from our collective human similarities, we collaborate and we win. If we start conversations and interactions with what makes us different and “other,” we judge…and lose before we begin. Change perceptions and you change reality.

Trindijew? Jindidadian? … I give up. “Other.”

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 check the box, complicated, ct, eastern european, Indian, Jewish, Jindidadian, Middletown, other, Priya Charry, Trindijew, Trinidadian

Priya Charry,
Middletown, CT.

Much too complicated to be expressed in a single word. Jewish father of Eastern European descent, Trinidadian mother of Indian descent.

Don’t try to look for a label

May 4, 2016May 4, 2016 label, Middletown, NJ, Samantha Murray

Samantha Murray,
Middletown, NJ.

We strive for the same things.

April 18, 2016 equal, human, love, Middletown, Monmouth University, NJ, same, similar, strive, survival, Tiffany Wysocki, travel, truth, USA, world

Tiffany Wysocki,
Middletown, NJ.
Monmouth University

Being white, privilege is my responsibility.

September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 Michael Swogger, Middletown, PA, privilege, responsibility, white

Michael Swogger,
Middletown, PA.

This man has your daughter

January 4, 2015January 4, 2015 1983, bi-racial, Boston, ct, daughter, grocery store, Karen Button, Middletown, mixed, stereotype

Karen Button,
Middletown, CT.

Phone call from the neighborhood grocer – followed by my husband on the line asking me to come down to the corner store to verify that he was in fact the father of our bi-racial infant daughter since they were used to seeing me with her and were refusing to let him leave the store with her. location: 1983 suburb of Boston

No I Dont Date White Girls

November 4, 2014 date, interracial dating, Lj Johnson, Middletown, OH, white girls

Lj Johnson,
Middletown, OH.

Cracker? You burnt piece of toast!

July 14, 2014September 20, 2020 1962, burnt toast, cracker, DE, first experience, freckles, kickball, Middletown, Norview High School, Patti Bear, school, skin, suburbs, teacher

Patti Bear
Middletown, DE

This was a exchange when I was in 5th grade, over a call in a kickball game. I know now what I was supposed to call my friend after she called me a cracker but I thought she was making fun of my white face with freckles so I responded with a comparison of her skin. Her response? She laughed so hard she fell down and we remained friends the rest of the school year. This was in 1962 and I was one of two white kids in the class. We moved to the suburbs a couple of years later. My junior high school was all white, but my high school was 50/50. I was the president of the bi-racial committee and vice-president of the student body. Enjoyed both activities and loved high school. Felt more at home in Norview High School.

Why is Othello still relevant today?

June 19, 2014 ct, Middletown, Othello, relevant, Stephanie Moses

Stephanie Moses
Middletown, CT

I hate racism, it should end

June 20, 2013 end, hate, Middletown, NJ, racism

Matthew
Middletown, NJ

I am a 6th grade student at Bayshore Middle School and some of my friends get made fun of by their race. I think that racism is very cruel and it should be stopped. It doesn’t matter what race you are, you should always be treated fairly.

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