White colleagues discuss racism without us.
Michelle, Rochester, NY. My liberal white colleagues have long conversations about the problems with racism in American. They have interesting ideas about solutions to the...
Problem: them or us. Solution: us
Sue Sanchez Mexico When we separate people into those who are like us and those we perceive as being different it can lead to fear,...
Blind eyes don’t see a problem
David Q. Booker Chula Vista, CA This is a fantastic project. For some time I have been trying to come with my 6 words but...
Change starts with realizing the problem.
Jarrod H., Oakland, CA. I am a junior at Bishop O’dowd High School in Oakland, CA, in the English class of Ms. Sarah Tunik.
Racism is rarely the real problem
Bob Johnson, Colverdale, CA. It saddens me to see so may people using accusations of racism against them as an excuse not to take responsibility...
White Can’t Fight for Racial Equality
Miles SC Out privilege is a curse when it comes to wanting to help voice the problems with race.
YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN MY SLAVE!!!
Gene Michael Lipan, TX Tired of being made to feel like I am supposed to be guilty of something. No black alive in America has...
The problem is racism not racecraft.
Rickey Hill Jackson, MS The dominant discourse on race amounts to racecraft. In so many ways, racism and racial domination never get discussed. Consequently, racism...
I’m white how is that a problem
Jen Rogers Fresno, CA I am so sick of people thinking that I owe them or their race something. My ancestors made it on their...
A representation of society as a whole.
Ryan Owen Milwaukee, WI The problems we see in our schools are a result of the bigger problems that are acceptably in grained in our...
Economic segregation will add to problem
KL Anderson Colorado Springs, CO Educational disparity has long been a racial card, but it’s one the sinking middle class is now being dealt, too....
Biggest problem affecting quality public education
Denise Hills Tuscaloosa, AL I live in Tuscaloosa, AL. I’ve been involved with education, primarily at public schools, for years. This past election, I ran...
Racism is the problem – not race
Kim Robinson South Africa Race exists. Race is a social construct. To assert that because race is not a biological phenomenon and therefore, there is...
Stop making your problem my fault.
Anonymous Orangeburg, SC Often the discussion about racism is constructed as a problem with race. As if the problem isn’t with the majority’s racist attitudes,...
