We all want the same things.
Elizabeth Stuart, Perkasie, PA I heard your story on WHYY, and wished I could participate. I’m so glad I got that chance! I’ve been thinking...
My dad’s grace, helped me grow
Kimberly Cuthbert, Wayne, PA My dad has experienced some extreme racism having been born in 1942. He has shared his stories to remind my brother...
Everyday she sees my race matters.
Carniesha Kwashie, Philadelphia, PA. This is in response to my white staffer and the racism she sees I endure as we work on an project...
White people got off the train.
Keith Pacheco, Langhorne, PA Sometime 1982-83. I took my German foreign exchange student to Chicago to visit the Museum of Science and Industry. We took...
Much progress; much more to do
Robert Markel, Charlestown, MA. Raised in a very white town in Chester County Pennsylvania, I had little consciousness of race issues until high school. We...
Get to know me..don’t prejudge!
Cheryl Evans, Whitehall, PA. I am a black woman who works in a white male dominated field. Many of my coworkers, over the years, have...
China, Yellow, hardworking, dream, versatile, active
Yilan Miao, Selinsgrove, PA. Maybe we should improved the inaccurate term “racism” with the much more accurate and potentially productive term “stereotype”. As American people...
The First Girl That is Spoiled
Karlet Shakira Perez Kelly, Puerto Rico, PA The reason that I say this is because, when I was born they started giving me everything that...
Not Brown Enough to Be Indian
Pallavi Joy, Philadelphia, PA Growing up in a 97% white school system, and being raised by one Indian immigrant parent and one Indian American parent...
Urban living has made me racist
Kenna Hensen Philadelphia, PA I’m so ashamed to say I have racist thoughts. I grew up in a small suburban town believing that no matter...
“My Blood is Red, What’s Yours”
Ralanda King, Philadelphia, PA. Born and raised in the city of brotherly love, but I’m full of sisterly affection, I not black but brown and...
