Why do white people move away?
Sheila Troupe, Redondo Beach, CA At 75 years old I have watched many cities change demographics after a neighborhood becomes about 15% minority. The minority...
Internal anti-blackness barrier to true connections
Cheryl M. Williams, Santa Cruz, CA p>The older I get the clearer I see how White Supremacy +/or White Privilege is expressed in others including...
To know Black, ride a bicycle.
Peter S. Fair Oaks, CA It is extremely difficult for those in the Majority to understand the grinding reality of our structural Racism. Few people...
White but grew up as minority
Vicki Hohner, Olympia, WA While I am a white midwesterner by origin, I spent most of my formative years as a minority. First as part...
Blue eye, brown eye, eye opening.
Keith F Thompson, Brookline, NH. Growing up as a white male in generally liberal surroundings, I assumed so much. I assumed I knew what racism...
We are living on stolen land.
McKayla Milam, Powder Springs, GA The six words that I chose was to remind people, including myself, that everyday we live our lives on land...
Young Bearded White Male…ehh
Jedediah Stegman Polk City, IA No cause, no advocate, just white and male. So little to be inspired by, all our models or “heroes” are...
You’re lucky you look ambiguously minority.
Cristina Gonzales, Denver, CO. All throughout my life I’ve worked hard to succeed only to wonder if any success, any award, any accomplishment was truly...
Small brown flecks on a tortilla
Jane Orias, St. Louis, MO We moved to St. Louis, MO about 6 years ago after living in Hawaii and the west coast. The topic...
Growing up in America as “other.”
Marie K. Shanahan, Submitted via Twitter: @mariekshan. When you’re not quite minority enough. In 1997 at age 25, I came to terms with my place...
But I’m not White… I’m Jewish.
Liza Frolkis, Nevada City, CA. I understand that because modern Jews are descended from multiple populations that ‘Judaism’ is not technically a race. But the...
Anglo interloper newcomer outsider awkward minority
Laurie Mitchell Dunn Taos, NM In my northern NM community, Native Americans have been here for over 1,000 years and Hispanics for 400 years. Anglos...
You’re not Dale Evans-Roy Rogers.
Judy Jessick Fresno, CA In the early 70s, agencies turned us down unless we wanted to adopt a son w/mental or physical disability or a...
You’re Invited! You’re not a minority?
Rafael Rosato, Berwyn, PA. This is my college graduation picture from 1988. I received a bachelor of arts degree from an Ivy League University and...
I’m Catholic; Therefore I’m a Minority
Thomas Paul Lachowsky, Topeka, KS. Where’s my affirmative action?
White folk need more Black friends.
Morgan Tyree, Powell, WY. Many Blacks have White friends and associates, most probably always have. But not so for Whites. If more Whites knew individuals...
Listen, I am not a minority!
Skywalker Payne, Homer, AK In the 1970’s I worked at the University of Texas in Austin, where I first heard the oxymoron “minority-majority.” I wrote...
