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A world without color? No thanks!

Melannie, Mentor, OH.

It just isn’t done. Why Not?

Catherine, Beach City, OH. I have always been told by my father that ” I better not catch you with some black kid!” or by...

Terrified of driving because I’m black

8 years ago

Andre Conway, Beachwood, OH. I am an 18 year old`African American man. Even though I am happy about being black, at the same time I...

“What is your ethnicity?” I’m human.

8 years ago

Sabrina Perrin, Delaware, OH. As I started growing up, I started getting more and more questions about what ethnicity I was. Although these questions weren’t...

I feel guilty of my skin color

8 years ago

Elisha Lowery, Delaware, OH. At times I feel guilty for being white. I feel people look at me and say “she has it easy she...

No person is better than you

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Tessa Schultz, Wickliffe, OH.

We do this to ourselves – why?

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Michal Elias-Bachrach, Columbus, OH.

I’m still learning about white privilege.

8 years ago

Steve Hammond, Oberlin, OH. The first time I heard the phrase white privilege was at our dining room table. The kids were catching us up...

I’m tan, but I’m not Mexican

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Gabriella, Delaware, OH. Just because my skin is naturally olive, everyone thinks im foreign, I have gotten many different ethnicity such as, Puerto Rican, Cuban,...

All I’ve got is the food.

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Kelsey, Cleveland, OH. I’m Lebanese/Irish but grew up solely around my Lebanese family. However they rarely acknowledged where we came from. The closest I’ve gotten...