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...
Seeking humanism mutuality commonality above all
Pajarita Charles, Madison, WI My life as a white, middle-aged, educated, and otherwise very privileged member of society has left me seeking opportunities to find...
I Want To Know You, Too
Deirdre Stoelzle, Casper, WY. In Rwanda there were times that I was the first white person some Rwandans had ever seen. Mostly people wanted to...
Faces: University, Prisons. Not the same.
Anonymous, Lincoln, NE. I teach Native Studies (among other things) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and I volunteer with the Native groups in the state...
My ancestors massacred Indians near here
Bruce Hawkins, Northampton, MA. That doesn’t make me guilty, it makes me responsible. Prison is the new slavery, and the Drug War is modern slave-catching.
Black, humbling existence to maintain dignity.
Tony Williams, Detroit, MI. Change in America is slow. I find it disheartening to witness the incarceration of African American men at this current level....
They told me I couldn’t be Asian
Phil Vongsavang Midland, GA I volunteered to join a faith based prison ministry and was told by the local sheriff’s department that I was not...
Skin not prison, come touch heart?
Linden Gibson Raleigh, NC I will never get used to being looked at by total strangers as a threat to their safety just by walking...
Being a Black Male in America
Joseph Brown, Lake Elsinore, CA. Being a black male in America is complex. Not only do we have to fight systemic racism, we also have...
Stereotypes are earned, not just given.
Mark, USA. This means that judging people doesn’t come out of nowhere. Assuming people are something because of what they look like is not okay....
Foreign black prison. Only white inmate.
David Swain Wakefield, RI Four years in prison, away from family and friends in far away land, wrongfully convicted for murder, only white inmate, nearly...
Black male in hoodie equals trouble
Doug King El Paso, TX Popular culture in the black community has done a very good job of portraying young black males as a menace...
