I ask myself what’s my part.
Patricia Merten, Atascocita, TX I am white and walk around oblivious to these issues. I live with a black man. I am frustrated with how...
Growing up white and being oblivious
Sydney Fitzgerald, Annville, PA Growing up, I went to a private/catholic school that was predominantly white. Along with that, I was raised by two white...
White and Quite Oblivious Growing Up
Anna Fox, Goldsboro, NC I am a white women, and growing up, I did not really realize how much privilege I had. I went to...
I was colorblind. Now I see.
Suzi, Seattle, WA I am white and grew up surrounded by whiteness. I was oblivious to what it meant to be non-white; to the fact...
Raised to oppose prejudice, still oblivious
Wendy, Albany, NY. I was told outright my entire childhood (by mom and grandparents) to be not prejudiced. This seemed the height of progress. but...
Ashamed that I was completely oblivious
Diana Valentine Minneapolis, MN I am haunted to this day (and I am now 65) that I was so completely clueless about race, civil rights,...
You don’t see color? You’re oblivious.
Stephanie Pruitt Nashville, TN Claiming social color blindness is not a thing to be proud of. It means that you are trying to remain unaware...
Oblivious caucasians sadden me. I’m caucasian.
Jeffrey Faehnle Cleveland, OH It’s saddens me, depresses me, angers me, makes me feel hopeless at times when I hear or see other white people...
