My brain, take it. It’s worthless.
Nancy Yuan Philadelphia, PA In most people’s eyes, I’m Chinese, and therefore, naturally talented in academics. If I score well on a test, it’s normal...
Seek to understand; then find forgiveness.
Stephanie Bell Easton, PA More than 40 years ago, I was verbally assaulted on my college campus by a militant group of black girls who...
No (one) owned slaves. They owned people.
Ymani Philadelphia, PA The moment we begin thinking of enslaved Africans as people and not as slaves, enslavement as human trafficking, not the slave trade,...
You’re one of the good ones
Jennifer De Shields Philadelphia, PA I grew up in a very white town, and the parents of my white friends would marvel at my manners...
I am Black not African American.
Leyitha P. Achoute Philadelphia, PA I don’t like to be identify as a African American, it get me mad. I’m “black” skinned, but I wasn’t...
You can’t fight racism with racism.
John Philadelphia, PA Being racist towards white people, setting double standards or heavily restricting white people where POC are given the ability to say and...
Not an Oreo cookie; an American.
Conrad Folkes, Royersford, PA. I’m a first-generation American of Jamaican descent. I was born in Brooklyn, NY and moved to a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA...
Being called racist by fellow teacher
Sharren Wellsboro, PA I was floored when a special education teacher called me a racist because I did not give her daily lesson plans I...
The White Girl: curious, ignorant, ashamed
Rebeca Osborn Ambridge, PA I grew up in largely white, upper-middle-class suburbs, but as a social outcast for different reasons, somehow most of my best...
She changed clothes in our basement.
Barbara Klinman Havertown, PA When I was a young girl my mom was a working mom (nurse) and we had a cleaning lady, Essie Mae,...
You’re not supposed to marry them!
Barb Cohan-Saavedra Philadelphia, PA I am of eastern European ancestry. My husband is Mexican. We live in a large city where racism is a bit...
Where are all my black friends?
Doug Baker Pittsburgh, PA For me this is the measure of the segregation that still exists in the US. I’m white, but if I want...
Black folks: please forgive white ancestors!
Linda Robinson Philadelphia, PA All of us are shaped by the culture and historical period in which we developed as children. That culture almost becomes...
