I never even thought about race.
Ric Leczel, San Gabriel, CA I grew up in a firehouse with every race. We spent every holiday together. Black and Mexican and Indian firefighters...
White Slavery & The Myth of White Privilege
DeAnna Calderon, Austin, TX. I grew up poor in the Southside of Chicago. We were extremely poor and even homeless at times. Sleeping outside in...
Thankful mom embraced non-white cultures too.
Adrianne Tomkinson, Aurora, IL I am white. I am female. I grew up poor with black, brown, white and yellow neighbors. I loved and felt...
I hate South Korean beauty standards.
Ally, USA. I know that in the past, it was better to have lighter skin because that meant you weren’t poor, but now, with all...
DON’T ASK ME TO JUST FORGET
Thaddeus, Nashville, TN. I was raised poor in Louisiana where the generations of my family before me farmed and picked cotton, fished and lived off...
I’m Picket White fence Family White
Abi, Aurora, CO I’ve grown up in the suburbs where the families all seem perfect and happy life the picket white fence families, Mine wasn’t...
Racism is an ego-based human dysfuntion
James E Washington, Rochester, NY. The ego thrives on identification and separation. We seems to be a nation that thrives on dualism, having an “other”...
Where’d you go to high school?
Jules M. Marquart, Louisville, KY. In Louisville during the pre-busing 1960s, this “screening” question was based on assumptions and generalizations about race and class. A...
Sipping lattes, we call it racism.
Michael, Livonia, MI It strikes me over and over again that we confuse the problems of being poor with racism. Dr. Martin Luther King understood...
I’m rich because I’m from here
Madi, Scottsdale, AZ Actually, this is the opposite of what is true, but what everyone assumes. I’m from Scottsdale, Arizona where there are many extremely...
1963 Respectful, Uneducated, Dependant, Poor, Grateful, Happy
Louis Wausau, WI 2013 Attitude, Uneducated, Dependant, Poor, Feared, Unhappy
We all hurt in different ways.
Christine Farrell, Naches, WA. My dad was an Italian/Irishman who grew up in the Bronx and Harlem areas of New York City. He grew up...
Not aplogizing for my white skin
Jillian Kurekova, USA. I am a 21 year old white female living in the ghetto. I have always been the outcast. I grew up in...
I’m genuinely sorry about my family.
Katy Wilkerson, Houston, TX. In the deep South, in my experience, racism is pervasive, especially when you talk about poorer and poorer white people (not...
Poor White Kid, Wheres My Privilege?
Chris, Redlands, CA. Growing up on welfare, to a single mother in rural Michigan, I learned not to expect help from anyone. However, my whole...
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...
