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But you’re not like them, right?

Darcy Avila, Lincoln, NE.

I Am Black I Am Worthy

Anonymous, Omaha, NE. Self-hatred most often begins in childhood.

I’m an expat, he’s an immigrant.

Anonymous, Omaha, NE. Born and raised in the midwest, I studied Spanish and went to live in Latin America. While there, I met my now...

Flatbush Ruined When Blacks Moved In

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Will Johnson, Omaha, NE. My father tried to ignore the crime and filth that appeared in the early 1970 in Flatbush, until he at the...

I’m Wendy. Expected to be white.

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Wendy A. Merritt, Omaha, NE. I heard Jamaal’s story this morning on my way to work and could see the similarities as an African American...

Not all white people are racist

10 years ago10 years ago

Jamie, Omaha, NE.

Just a few feet from Home

10 years ago9 years ago

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...

Character defines me not my skin

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Melissa, Winside, NE.

Hispanic, Oriental, Caucasian, formerly monolingual, American

11 years ago

Dean Lincoln, NE I never know what to put down for my ethnicity when filling out official forms. I used to put down whatever I...

I adopted two girls from China!

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Anonymous. Omaha, NE “Excuse me, what’s your nationality?” “I’m from the U.S.” “No,” he chuckled, “like, where are you originally from?” “I was born and...

Black neighborhood. Stop light. Lock doors.

11 years ago

Ginny Adams North Platte, NE I learned this from my parents while growing up in Detroit; 60* years later I still find myself struggling not...

“I’ll never hire a damn n*****!”

11 years ago

Jay Grabow Omaha, NE I’m a white, middle-aged, male that used to believe the racist stereotypes that I was taught growing up. Two events changed...

“Reverse Racism”? Your privilege is showing…

11 years ago

Andrew V. Chavanak Falls City, NE When companies choose to make diversity a priority in hiring, or universities seek to create a more diverse student...