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...
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...