Old White Lady, aspiring anti-racist
Pat Williams, Syracuse, NY I was born in Syracuse, New York in 1958 to a lower middle class white family. I attended integrated city schools...
Jenny has made you a pie
Trey Willy Seale, AL I was small and white. Jenny was old and black. She took care of me when I was little when my...
Old, white, but beginning to understand
Ray Alonzo, St. Louis, MO I am 70, white, and a retired educator of college and high school-age students. During my years in the classroom,...
Old white woman, get away with anything.
Kadi Johnson, Pueblo, CO. As a middle aged, middle class, overweight, white woman, I know that the police etc. cut me a lot more slack...
Am I “that” old white guy?
Brian N. Neilson Indianapolis, IN I grew up in racially mixed atmosphere in California, where there were always “those” old white guys who couldn’t be...
I smile at young black men.
Nena Clark Rochester, MN I am an old, white woman. I work in the govt center and I see all kinds of folks there who...
Racism : Old is not so Gold
Anurag Roongta, India. In India, though a developing country, there are still communities that don’t allow marrying outside one’s race, including my own. And those...
Why does racial prejudice still exist?
Susan Benjamin Roslyn, NY I think so highly of President Obama and have been overwhelmed at the depth of fear and nastiness that has surfaced...
Never too old to be profiled
Ollie Daniels Pembroke Pines, FL I am a sixty-nine year old black college professor with all white hair. From time-to-time I am stopped by police...
