Black girl motto…buy your hair!
Mia Turner New York City, NY The obsession so many young black women have with long straight hair has undermineded the cultural identity and pride...
Mass Incarceration, Stop and Frisk: #NewJimCrow.
Ray G New York City, NY Brooklyn The Black Liberation struggle did not go far enough — did not uproot oppression, disassemble power structures, create...
Turban, Assumptions, Fear, Perpetually Foreign, Resistance
Simran Jeet Singh, New York, NY. Trinity University My visible Sikh and South Asian identity have shaped my experiences with racial and cultural identities. Upon...
Dominican immigrant, now 70 nothing changed
Victor M Victoria, New York City, NY Race is an ever changing feature globally. America culture in more about skin color than culture. Americans love...
They glare at my bi-racial son.
Linnette Derry, New York City, NY. I often think about the inevitable discussion about race that I will have to have with my son one...
Hold my hand, cancer doesn’t discriminate.
Imari DuSauzay, New York City, NY. Brooklyn My friend is full of ideas and fighting with cancer…We hold hands to share love. I am experiencing...
“I’m Native American too!” — says everyone
Alyssa Cartee New York City, NY Queens Every time race and culture comes up, when I mention that I am a registered Cherokee I get...
Mom, talk about your “black firsts.”
Janice Lowe New York City, NY My mother, Dr. Willa Lowe was one of the first black English teachers in several high schools in New...
Pain, black reaction OJ Simpson verdict
David J. Shapiro New York City, NY Manhattan After so much sacrifice, blood, time and heartache by whites who supported the Civil Rights Movements, to...
Maybe treat racism as mental illness?
Megan Schubert New York City, NY Include that in background checks.
When will we see the light
Jeannie Coicou New York City, NY Brooklyn The story behind my six words is that in this world there are forces that benefit by keeping...
MY FLUIDITY IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA.
OTI OBOH New York City, NY Brooklyn I’m Nigerian born raised in the US and find my fluidity in my identity as Nigerian, as American...
I’m black, not from the Carribean
Lemuel Reddikc, New York City, NY. People ask me “where are you from?” and I never know how to answer that. I just say “I’m...
Such power in words and action
Alyssa Cartee New York City, NY Queens Every word and every action in life has such extreme consequences. The Civil Rights movement reminds me that...
Constant conversation with my radical mom.
Alexis Danzig New York City, NY Manhattan This exhibit moved me to tears. I am so proud of the Brooklyn Museum, delighted to see the...
