“You remind me of my mother.”
Susan Boyer, Decatur, GA. These words were spoken to me by a young black waiter. I’m an old white woman. “We got a connection”, he...
What frightens us about people’s differences??
John Howard Faultersack, San Antonio, TX. Everyone is prejudiced, but racists do it on purpose, and I’ve never understood why.
Hatred is learned. Time to unlearn.
Lauren Slotsve, Santa Rosa, CA Hatred is a learned behavior, but it can be unlearned. For many people, they will spend their whole lives unlearning...
She is the Black People’s Victory!
Ebony Nichole, Cincinnati, OH For three days after my birth I was nameless because my Mama didn’t know she was having a girl. Born very...
PREJUDICE: Something wicked this way comes
Lee Masty, Waynesville, NC A great idea for a much-needed platform for all to hear and learn
The real prejudice today is poverty
Tam Wilson Powell, Submitted via Twitter: @TAMWILSONP #theracecardproject
BREAKING NEWS: Jews experience prejudice AND white privilege
Osher Fein, Cupertino, CA This took me an embarrassingly long time to realize, but there’s this weird thing that white Jews experience called “conditional white...
Predjudice is more dangerous than racism
Ashton King, Canada Racial prejudices are more dangerous than racism itself which is now agreed to be a systemic issue. Prejudice requires a person to...
Sorry, My Mom Don’t Like Blacks
Amber Roberson-Rowell, Essex, MD. That was my second incident of prejudice and what instilled in me that race–the color of my skin–was a problem. The...
Prejudice and Racism, a two-way street.
Bob, Boise, ID. I honestly believe that racism and prejudice has become worse in the last couple of decades because it has become a two-way...
I am colorblind but ignorance isn’t.
Natalie, Kansas City, MO. I believe ignorance is a key that goes hand-in-hand with fear. We are afraid of what we do not know or...
I am who I am, ME!
Debra Rosenberg, Phoenix, AZ. I am the person I am meant to be, and proud to be a Jew even though growing up I knew...
Whites afraid of becoming the minority
Tyler, CA. If there’s one thing I’ve observed in my life that pertains to the current state of racial prejudice in this country, it’s that...
I was not raised with predudice
Anita Cohen, Boca Raton, FL. I did not even know about prejudice until Martin Luther King was killed and I was in my best friend...
ALL colors should obey the laws.
Donna Corrigan, Bloomingdale, IL. People would not be so afraid of the changes happening with racial imbalance in our country if laws weren’t being broken,...
Raised to oppose prejudice, still oblivious
Wendy, Albany, NY. I was told outright my entire childhood (by mom and grandparents) to be not prejudiced. This seemed the height of progress. but...
60 years old, have become prejudice.
Judith Hickey Austin, TX Since I became disabled and had to live with and among blacks, I have become very prejudice. I am fed up...
I Never Know How to Feel
Anonymous Plattsburgh, NY I grew up in a rural upstate NY town–hating everything that seemed bigoted or prejudiced. I loathed a lot of the people...
