Becoming myself not my birth giver
Kurstyn Ciancio, Weatherford, OK Everyone assumes that since I look like my mother, I am just like her. I am the spitting image of my...
Are you my mother? Sí, mija.
Daniela, Oklahoma City, OK. Are You My Mother by P.D Eastman was one of my favorite books growing up because I loved how graciously and...
Black but gay so it’s ok
Fred Wherry, New York, NY. An administrative assistant remarked to my (now ex) European partner: “When I first saw Fred I was a little scared...
Who will misrepresent your personal story?
S. Michelle Place, Tulsa, OK. The goal of the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum is to provide space for all persons to tell their story....
Blacks are receiving an Inferior education!
Carl F. Hassenstein, Collinsville, OK. It might help if the mailing address of the project appeared in this website.
AMERICAN DISGRACE: SLAVERY? GENOCIDE, AMERICAN INDIAN
John Austin, Park Hill, OK. We always seem to begin every discussion of race and race relations in America with some mention or reference to...
Don’t Hate Me Because I’m White
Julie Kendall, Duncan, OK. I feel stereotyped and judged just because I was born a white female and am considered a conservative, and am older....
So much darker… Is she adopted?
Rebekah Day Vinita, OK As the only brown complected person in my large family, I stand out against the pale white. I am constantly asked...
I walk in two worlds daily.
Lenzy KB, Tulsa, OK. Like many Native Americans, I’m mixed and frankly, don’t look like the stereotypical “Hollywood” Native. I have to balance the Native...
It’s okay to be black, Promise
Maureen Shaw, Durham, NC. Thank you for doing this. This is a photo of my mother’s family, this is the reason why I wrote it’s...
That was then, this is now.
Abby Oklahoma City, OK I was working as a hostess at a restaurant a few years ago. We would seat servers/sections based on a rotation...
I am Native, I am American.
Tammy Trouche’, Canadian, OK. I may appear to be white, but I am as colorful as my ancestors. I can’t imagine a world without color....
Change begins with how I parent
Kara Cordell Oklahoma City, OK Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
I’m individual, not a black spokesperson
Kannetha Williams, Midwest City, OK. I do not like when people assume that all blacks share the same collective thought. If a black celebrity or...
