We ALL are brown.
Christine von Lersner, Santa Fe, NM. I am a German-American mother of a Chinese daughter and an African American son, and I’m a teacher. Early...
This Is Why Blacks Aren’t Respected
Julian D., Las Cruces, NM. Thug and Welfare culture is NOT what your ancestors and forefathers fought and died for! The Rev. M.L. King, Frederick...
Generations: slaves, maids, marching, why?, what?
Louise S. Malone, Albuquerque, NM. My family were originally slave owners in South Carolina. I watch the point of view change with each generation.
Blessed Blends
Diana Stewart Powels, Clovis, NM. In the beginning we were called Blessed Blends; carrying in our bloodlines the beauty of both worlds. Today we are...
What shade of black am I?
B. Smith-Payne Carlsbad, NM As a black American, I feel that I must often act as a chameleon, in order to move in and through...
A social construct that oppresses all.
Liz Miller, Las Cruces, NM. I am a white woman grappling with my own racism.
Black AND White, no clear fit.
Barbara Jones, Albuquerque, NM. I was raised with a Northern European bias by Mom and family, my Black birth father not really being in the...
Jewish woman married black man. Disowned.
Gloria Gordon, Santa Fe, NM. Married in 1966. Divorced after 11 years.
I was infected with racism early.
Susan Crandall, Albuquerque, NM. I was infected with racism early breathing it in almost with my first breath. I was injected with racism early along...
Why can’t we all just get along?
Steve Bennyhoff, Santa Fe, NM. As I’ve gotten older, I have become more compassionate about my fellow man. I now realize that any differences that...
You benefit from your ancestors actions
Daniel Escalante, Taos, NM. These six words are coming from a person of color to a white person who says, “I feel guilty about what...
WHITE people can’t make red chile!
Shara Standefer Montoya NM Being one of the few non-latino’s in both my family and community this is the response I always get when something...
