Trapped Brown Girl with Red Blood
Michele George, Author, Columbus, OH. The struggle of being born in a brown body is heavy. Society treats ‘us’ as though we choose to have...
I worked hard to get here
Michael Toth Columbus, OH I get that yes in theory as a white male I have a head start in life, but I most certainly...
Joy is the armor of truth
Judith Angelo Cleveland Heights, OH I began with six words from Alice Walker’s novel about FGM, Possessing the Secret of Joy : “The secret of...
My past didn’t define my future
Bernard Roberts, Akron, OH. p>I have failed many times but I continue to be better.
Every education leads to another future
Daisha Taylor Cleveland, OH Every time an African American graduates is another way we prove society wrong. But it is another future persued and created.
Filipinos ridiculed for using proper English
Honorato Velasco, Cleveland, OH My brother and I spoke proper English and generally pronounced the words correctly. This meant that we were often ridiculed by...
You look too foreign for me.
Danielle Silver Forest Park, OH A white guy I liked told me this. I am white( German, Irish, Penn. Dutch), Hispanic, Native American. I used...
The Only One In The Room
John Lane Cincinnati, OH In college and through my entire professional life, I have always been the only African-American in the “room” I am “safe”...
Deluded white woman now an ally
Wendy Lichtenwalter, Canton, OH As a biologist, I know that there is no such thing as “race.” All our chromosomes are indistinguishable. My current efforts...
With kids, people don’t separate us.
Steve Cox, Jackson, OH. Prior to having kids, people usually thought my wife (Chinese ethnic, Thai national) and I (white) were separate. If we went...
Privilege cripples; step out, run naked.
Tannya Forcone, Akron, OH. My truck isn’t allowed to go faster on the freeway because it’s yellow. Why should my skin color allow me any...
I wish I could do more.
Kit Tompkins, Boardman, OH I was born with albinism. I know a little bit of what it’s like to be left out, teased for the...
My gut is racist; I’m not.
Stephanie Turner Cincinnati, OH I mean that I have knee-jerk reactions, for example, when I see black men out late on the street, but I...
