Passing down prejudices tragically survives generations
Ann Elizabeth Hemphill Quartz Hill, CA Born in ’46 in Midwest, visiting with relatives in Florida each year, adult years in California. From my early...
Frustrated, Aggravated, Discouraged by Black Stereotypes
Kern, Seattle, OR. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: Seattle Community Colleges With each passing decade (now 5 of them)I have reflected on...
Slave Descendants of Nelson County Virginia
Derek Nicholas, Newland, NJ. Hello, my name is Derek G. Nicholas. I am going to tell you a fascinating story of the descendants of Cabell...
I’m white. Don’t assume I’m racist.
Beth Secor Houston, TX This situation I am going to describe happens to me relatively frequently. Another white person, more often than not a stranger...
Pass black man, compulsively say hi.
LSSteph Washington, DC I’m a white woman, ever since I read this article back in college by a black man discussing his revelation that he...
Crossed the street to avoid them.
Chris Sherman St. Louis, MO I’m a Caucasian male, who was brought up in a fairly tolerant household, and learned to be accepting of diversity...
My grandmother was mix, I’m white.
Kat Sabine Phoenix, AZ During my childhood, I was raised to believe that I am Caucasian. I found out through a health crisis that what...
A PoC or just “exotic white”?
Alison Chalker Los Altos, CA The US government counts middle easterners and north Africans as white, so that’s how i see myself, i suppose. personally,...
Biracial by birth, Black by choice.
Kimberly Siple Detroit, MI This quote from The Black Socialite Blogspot helps explain my choice. ”although the ”one drop rule” law was ruled unconstitutional in...
They are nice on the inside.
Micaela Half Moon Bay, CA I am just a young 17 year old girl and over the years I have come to learn that someone’s...
No, my daughter is not adopted
Danelle Hoffer Cabot, AR Michele, thank you for this amazing project! I am the incredibly proud white mother of a 16 year old mixed race...
Goes both ways, fed by ignorance.
Bill Ramos Jensen Beach, FL I am Puerto Rican and can tell you that racism is not just a black and white problem. We need...
