Why are you here to judge?
Courtney Chandler,
Roseville, CA.
The inherent racism our society exists with is devastating. It’s been more apparent since Trump became president, but that doesn’t mean we can become complacent after he is out office.
Had to always prove myself better.
Mitchell Frank Reynolds Powell,
Pemberton, NJ
I started my work life at 17 years old, in the US Airforce and retired the first time 24 years later. My responsibilities as a crew member were awesome and called for attention to detail without error. Becoming a flight examiner was the high point of my military career. My second career was with the Department of Labor as an Executive Assistant, and I worked 17.5 years retiring as The Director of IT Asbury Park computer Center.
White Males discriminated against at work.
Mary Fruin,
Charlotte, NC.
I think that Rev . Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Dream is nowhere near being fulfilled when our big corporations are illegally paying big bonuses to managers to hire & promote minorities and women (read: not white men) and giving soft metric well paying jobs to minorities while chasing white males out of jobs to give them to minorities in many situations. We are surprising one race to elevate others, in many cases lowering the bar. Why not hire the best person? Why not promote for good work? Many men in my community are becoming stay at home fathers, not because of want but because their wives have a better career path due to hiring practices.
Number of black male colleagues: 0.
Jason,
Kansas City, MO
Awesome project.
Only Black in office. Very Isolating
Ursie Bankhead,
Buffalo, NY.
I have a PhD, have studied race issues. And still struggle in my workplace. Mostly within my own department. I have support from several friends of various races/ethnicities/backgrounds, etc. But, it is difficult at times being “the only” and to experience microinvalidations during staff meetings or to end up in a “conversation” later. Minority staff routinely leave my department (as well as others!). It is quite isolating– at times frustrating. And VERY sad that the “leaders” cannot understand their own biases or privelege.
All of the bosses are white.
Josh Garcia,
Nashville, TN.
Attempts to recruit and retain diversity in corporate America do not seem to have changed the demographics I observe in the leaders and top earners at my company.
Are you Hispanic, or just Italian?
Rachel Masilamani,
Pittsburgh, PA.
I was eating lunch alone in the break room on my first day at an office job when 3 of my new co-workers peeked in. “Are you Hispanic, or just Italian?” one of them blurted out.
Neither, actually.
This lady just laid down her line for White and Not White and asked me to place myself on the correct side. Happens all the time.
We have to acknowledge that this country was built on racism, and it grows crooked and twisted as a result. When we can all see that and admit that, we can finally move to step 2.
Q: Am I going to tell this lady that? A: Sometimes.
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I wanted to share the attached comic I made almost 10 years ago. I meant for this to be my “last word” on race in the United States…good luck with that, right? I’m enjoying this project – Thanks for your work!
I am more than African American
Richmond Heights, OH.
I am more than African American. I am tired of being passed over for positions that I more than qualified to hold. I am tired of working twice as hard to prove my worth when my white counterparts who are less qualified laugh.
White colleagues discuss racism without us.
Michelle,
Rochester, NY.
My liberal white colleagues have long conversations about the problems with racism in American. They have interesting ideas about solutions to the problem, but they rarely listen to the brown people in the room. Is this a white savior problem?
