I carry my home inside me.
Steve Baker Minneapolis, MN Inspired by Hmong American writer Kao Kalia Yang.
Privilege means responsibility to be better.
Morgan Lavandowska Minneapolis, MN As a 21 year old white woman, I have the privilege of being white that gives me power to do what...
A white woman searching for truth
Pat Booker, New Ulm, MN I knew nothing about Tulsa- why!? So much history covered up & it continues today. I want to know everything...
I don’t care if I’m good
Ricky Vang, Saint Paul, MN. Being Asian, you were never really praised by others in sports unless you’re really good at it. It just sucked...
So where do you come from?
Michael Chan, Maplewood, MN. I am half Chinese and half Caucasian, but my German and Hebrew language skills are much stronger than my Cantonese skills...
My great Grandmother cooked for white slave masters
Jerrid Crumo, Minneapolis, MN. Race is something that has been going on for the last 2000 years and will continue to go on for the...
He has a black doctor.
Greg Filice St. Paul, MN I work in a hospital teaching hospital. In my 40 years working in healthcare, I have watched as the population...
Ashamed by parent’s accents. I’m American!
Caroline Correia, Edina, MN Growing up 60 miles away from New York City in the 70s and 80s may as well have been 600 miles....
She’s like me, never the reverse.
Nancy G Moehle, Minneapolis, MN I don’t like to think of myself as a racist. But it dawned on me just this morning, that when...
Don’t be so sure you’re right
Elaine Duffy, Shakopee, MN Thank you for the broad scope of views presented. All learning is good
I was fragile now I’m stronger!
Abigail, Forest Lake, MN I grew up in the rural Midwest. Being a Korean adoptee in a Norwegian and Swedish area, I really stood out....
So many tears thinking about slavery
Celinda Ann Doyle, Stillwater, MN I mean slavery of all skin shades.
She´s Big She Knows How To Fight.
Latae´a Dixon, Fridley, MN. Everyone assumes I´m a fighter or tough or reckless because of my size. But they´re wrong.
We’re imperiled by failure to love.
Marj Evans-de-Carpio, Lake Benton, MN Bears, cheetahs, alligators…so many creatures can put an end to us. Even some spiders and, yes, a microscopic virus. The...
