She is the Black People’s Victory!
Ebony Nichole, Cincinnati, OH For three days after my birth I was nameless because my Mama didn’t know she was having a girl. Born very...
Now, I can protest that murder
David C. Ruffin Washington, DC I participated in the March on Washington in 1963. I was 18 and home on leave from the Air Force....
We have so far to go.
Bonnie Shoultz, Syracuse, NY. I was a young person during the 1960s, and dreamed that this country would overcome its terrible history of oppression and...
This country belongs to Native Americans.
Lewis Hernandez, Milwaukee, WI. White people, raped, murdered and stole this country from the American Indian. Now it’s one America. One white. One Black. One...
Stop saying I can’t be offended.
Becky Watts, North Little Rock, AR. I am an African American, and I am often told by White People when I can and can not...
Being a Black Male in America
Joseph Brown, Lake Elsinore, CA. Being a black male in America is complex. Not only do we have to fight systemic racism, we also have...
My father wanted to murder us.
Alia Laurence Orlando, FL When I was 18, we found out that we were not simply Cherokee and various shades of European pale. (My father...
Racism kills: all blood is red.
MIRIAM L. IOSUPOVICI Imperial Beach, CA I am the child of Holocaust survivors. I grew up with ghosts of murdered family. Nobody needs to tell...
Attorney, Ivy League, still another n*****
Elizabeth Cary New York City, NY I have done everything right in life, yet still I cannot get a cab, people lock their doors and...
I heard they trademarked Trayvon’s name
Tim Weber Reno, NV These words uttered by a co-worker. To me such a statement stems from a desire to divert attention from the matter...
Young black man murdered my sister
Yanah This is true and not intended to be incendiary. After all, young black man ≠ evil, bad.
