Age 5 They don’t serve Mexicans
Mario Lopez, Chicago, IL Our family was on vacation on the way to visit family in Mexico and we went to some restaurant in Texas...
Si Senor! I am US citizen
Heidy Avila Murillo, Baltimore, MD. My marriage is biracial, I am Hispanic and my husband is a Caucasian born in Maryland. This year after obtaining...
Not all cops are bad cops
Abby, Sparta, NC Everybody thinks that just because there are a couple of crooked cops out there, that all cops are bad. My dad happens...
Prison made me fear black people
Anonymous, USA I grew up poor, not terribly poor – I was able to receive a number of things that many people much worse off...
Troopers Said You’re The Wrong Color
Matthew Curtze, Buffalo, NY 1985, with a degree and a dream took the NYS Trooper exam and placed on the eligible list. Waited and waited...
All eyes on a black boy
Darius Tornes, Jackson, MS. Every time I go to the store people be keep on eye on me. They follow me around. I’m just trying...
Black Girl In A White World
Meleah Williams, New Orleans, LA Growing up I experienced police brutality three times before the age of 18. But that’s a black girl in a...
“You’re speeding” the white cop said.
Shreya Venkayala, Worcester, MA Living in Massachusetts and being Indian, I have had the privilege of never having anything particularly bad happen to me because...
Held against your will?
Judy Vasquez, Murrieta, CA. I am a caucasion female, brown hair with brown eyes and my husband is proudly Hispanic/Mexican. We were pulled over at...
Things I’m sick of PoC saying
Yuki, Ft. Myers, FL. Hear me out here. I am so sick of people talking bad about me being white, like oh I’m sorry Jaiana...
Black, but I don’t fear police
Rinard, Holland New Tech High School, Holland, MI. Yes I feel there is an issue and a relationship gap between black men and police. It’s...
Are you the maintenance guy
Mr. Jones, Charleston, SC. New neighbors moved in about 6 months ago. 1st introduction while I was sweeping driveway “are you the maintenance guy”. I...
Police harassed undercover cop wearing hoodie.
V. USA I’d rather not share my name right now due to the sensitive nature of the incident. While working undercover, I decided to duck...
I hate whites for their hatred
Elle, France. I cannot see them as good people. They have oppressed so many minority groups – historically and to the present day – then...
Left Crying in the Bathroom Floor
Charlie, USA. I brought my car in for an oil change (in the predominantly black area I live in) and they told me that it’d...
Marching while white doesn’t declare solidarity.
Katie Moss, Winchester, VA I own a t-shirt that lists famous African American leaders on it in bold white lettering from Harriet Tubman to Ibram...
The only reason I was arrested.
Mignon Lott, Wayne State, Detroit, MI. My boyfriend and I were out on M59 heading to an event that he was catering when I was...
Officer why were we pulled over?
Chandra Campbell, Mountainview, CA WHY ARE POLICE CONTINUOUSLY pulling over persons of color, bullying them, ordering them out of the car and setting them on...
