Black Skin? Conditional Acceptance In Society
Barry M., Canada. Whether at work, in school, in a neighbourhood… especially a new one you moved to, as a Black person, especially as a...
You don’t really look that black.
Linda D. Calvin, Westfield, IN. I am one of five siblings, but I am the only one who is black. My brothers and sisters, cousins,...
No One Is Better Than You…
Kim Skillern Samuels, Cleveland Heights, OH. I lived in a neighborhood of black people, and went to an inner city public school. When friends found...
A child, called a white pig.
M. Landrum Atlanta, GA I grew up poor in a mixed neighborhood in south Atlanta. My two best friends were white and black, and for...
NO SYMPATHY NO GUILT FOR BLACKS
Christine Miller Chicago, IL Blacks cause all their own problems then whine and cry about the results. They moved into my neighborhood and my moms...
Integration ended my neighborhood’s block party.
Shoshana Hoose Portland, OR I grew up in an all-white neighborhood in Newington, Ct. My mother’s best friend, a Quaker, and her husband sold their...
White, asked to leave shoe store
Steven Smith Lake Grove, NY My parents raised me race neutral. I grew up in an integrated neighborhood, and racism didn’t come on my radar...
I avoid people that are different.
Jill Noeh Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project-The University of Michigan Explanation: I’ve found that throughout my life, I have avoided people who look and...
Black friends’s father forbid our friendship.
Patricia Armstrong St. Louis, MO I was no more than 7 years old and made friends with a black girl in the neighborhood. We really...
That ghetto “white” girl. Paper minority.
Shaylee Reichardt Portland, OR Growing up in not the nicest of neighborhoods, I was always everybody’s one “white” friend. They didn’t see me for all...
Year 2013, my town is segregated.
Tara Cartwright Winchester, KY My town is still segregated, but is so much the normal that we don’t realize it. I didn’t realize it until...
White, raised in black community. Grateful.
Amanda Becker Clarksville, TN Race has been the dominant subject of my life. I am the only white person on my page in my Senior...
No racists here; we are gated.
Peter Goodwin New York, NY We have separated ourselves into separate communities, sometimes with physical gates, often with mental or emotional gates, and so have...
Privileged white woman opening my eyes
Eileen Kugler Springfield, VA Those of us who benefit from white privilege and from middle-class privilege need to constantly be aware of how our lives...
Don’t shoot; I live here too.
S. Lindsey Hermitage, TN I guess in lieu of the jury’s verdict, if you live in a nice neighborhood and you are a black man...
Read Ralph Bunche’s comments about race
Richard C Evansville, IN Dr. Ralph Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his UN activities after world war II. He had remarkable people...
You white boys sure run fast!
Edward Schenkenfelder Oak Forest, IL I grew up in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s in Cicero, Illinois. Back then the city’s zero black American population...
Sorry we don’t service that neighborhood
Ingrid Monson Newton, MA I’m white but lived in a black neighborhood in Chicago for part of the 1990s. I tried to get a plumbing...
