“We Must Not Forget The Past”
Cindy Anderson, Burlington, IA I chose this because I have to hold on to memories of my daughter! Southeastern Community College, WB Iowa
Their Mormon ancestor’s genealogy was “mysterious.”
Judith McConkie, Salt Lake City, UT. The sentence describes our family’s conflicted past. As liberal Democrats in the 1970s my husband and I considered the...
DON’T FORGET ABOUT OUR “AMERICAN” PAST
Jayla, New Orleans, LA My reasoning behind choosing those six words leads me to address Gov Ron DeSantis “STOP WOKE” law that undoubtedly will erase...
The Past Doesn’t Determine Our Future
Zoe White, Jonesboro, AR I am an Arkansas State University and this is my first year at the university. In my past experiences, I’ve decided...
My past didn’t define my future
Bernard Roberts, Akron, OH. p>I have failed many times but I continue to be better.
Appreciate difference or repeat the past.
Rose Collins, Syracuse, NY. Highschool Student ’16 I believe that if we don’t appreciate our differences or acknowledge the fact that we are all different,...
51 years of history was unlearned
Brandon M. VerBurg, 8th Grade Holland New Tech High School, Holland, MI. I love to study the past, and history is filled with turning points....
Relax, we’re on same team now!
Michael Gauer, Egan, MN. I’m a white man who had a black roommate and believe the color of skin it totally irrelevant. White Americans have...
White: Still apologizing for Fathers’ sins
Dave Ihde, Minneapolis, MN. Don’t consider myself a racist, but feel like I get lumped in with all of perpetrators of past/present wrongs. I agree...
(Why are) My ancestors still effecting my life
Shaun Donovan, Wales. I hear people still talking about the past, still thinking like the past as if it were today . Everything we know...
Nazi past, American present, Christian regardless
Jessica Eaton, Minot, ND. My maiden name is “Hess” and carries a lot of weight for being a “Nazi name”. Growing up, other students in...
No Heroes for Poor, White Males
Francis Lafayette, NC. Much like modern Germans, lower class white males in America have been granted a shame about their past. We’ve been told the...
Drop the racism, drop the past
Donnaven Kroenert, Jacksonville, FL. The Civil War is still being fought in the South, whites are being thrown under the bus everyday, people won’t drop...
Skin white, soul rainbow, accept me
Heather Melberg, Renton, WA. I am born and raised in Seattle. Lived in Japan my junior year of high school. Fascinated with all races and...
My ancestors do not define me.
R.M. Lutz, East Lansing, MI. My color does not define me. Why should being white make me feel guilty? I didn’t want slavery. I didn’t...
