Grandma called me “pretty colored girl”
R. Denise Everson, Washington, DC. My grandmother reared me. Her positive expressions of beauty being black shaped my perception and made me proud to be...
Your location influences your perceptions
Dylan, GA I grew up on the west coast, and my community was culturally diverse (whites, Asians, Hispanics). However, my community had a low population...
My body, But not, Your property
Tahj, Morristown, NJ Despite your perception, it’s not wanted!!!!!!!!!
I always think “don’t be threatening”.
Kevin Moses, Logan, UT. As a 6’3″, young, Black man, at all times I am painfully aware of my presence in a room and the...
Perception equals reality – OPEN YOUR EYES!
Kathy Devine-Henry, Smyrna, DE. Prior to my twenty-seventh birthday, my eyes were not completely open. Up until this point I believed that Martin Luther King...
Your perception is your faulty knowledge
Jiale Chen, China For centuries humans have constructed systematically around the false perception of purity that is connected to color. The whiter the people are...
From love – fear, (a) foreigner’s view (on) racism.
David Chen, New York, NY. I grew up in China listening to artists like 50 cent, Tupac, Snoop dogg (lion), and Jay-Z. I have every...
In my subconscious, he is white
Katherine Hannan Wears, Ogdensburg, NY. When I was a practicing attorney, I scheduled an appointment with an attorney who was a specialist in the field...
I am WHITE. I’m NOT RACIST.
Heather Simms, Suffolk, VA. Something that has bothered me throughout the years is the immediate perception because I am a middle class white individual that...
Dating Bi-Racially Has Changed My Life
Erika, USA. I am a white woman that is dating a black man. I tried to think racism didn’t exist anymore until I started dating...
Black? Educated? What is that?
Renee Reives Lorton, VA Sometimes I feel stuck. I’m black and educated. I feel like a unicorn based on what so many people perceive and...
Race colors perception, diversity changes it
Brian Konz Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
