Much progress; much more to do
Robert Markel, Charlestown, MA. Raised in a very white town in Chester County Pennsylvania, I had little consciousness of race issues until high school. We...
They asked why I wasn’t working…
Martín De Greiff, Winchester, MA. Just because I am hispanic, does not mean I should be working on your lawn… I was walking one day...
The plantation haunts my gay marriage.
Erik Shawn Frampton, Charlotte, NC. I am the descendant of a line of plantation owners in South Carolina. As a gay man, my upcoming marriage...
Progress? We’ve been running in place.
Christina H. Washinton, DC Too often this summer (2014), I’ve felt like we’re reliving the events and emotions of ’65, ’68, and ’69. I cannot...
It is not a heritage thing
Sara Lachance, Springdale, AR. Seeing Confederate flags on the back of trucks and outside people’s houses makes my stomach hurt. I once encountered a person...
I am a consciously recovering racist.
Roxanne Darling, Haiku, HI. It’s my personal belief that it’s incredibly challenging to not be racist, regardless of one’s race. Not wanting to be, think,...
We cannot have honest productive discussions
Jay Tee, New York, NY. Seeing as many careers have been derailed, some high profile other less so, because of a hypersensitivity around candidly discussing...
Love, inclusive, progress, mercy, peace, ready|
Jamira Burley, Submitted via Twitter: @JamiraBurley #ShiningALight #TheRaceCardProject
Michele Norris & John Legend in Ferguson for, “Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America”.
The Race Card Project and A&E will facilitate and archive the conversation during “Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America” a once-in-a-lifetime event airing...
Much has changed more to do
Kathy Gips, Boston, MA. 65 year old. White suburba. Removed, but remember. 65 year old, white, witness from a distance.
Progressing but where’s the finish line?
Candace Ewing, Lansing, MI. As much as I would love to see race as a topic discussed sole to embrace differences (in a positive fashion)...
diversity is a sign of progress
Saira New York City, NY Brooklyn An immature nation is still afraid of racial tolerance and hesitant to move on to a state of love...
I am color-blind or willfully blind?
Brian Phillips San Jose, CA Could I be that ignorant of the nature of race in this country that I don’t see color? Or perhaps...
Thought more would change in 60’s
Robin Bass Brooklyn, NY I’m glad for the progress made…but frustrated that we still have so far to go
Most White People Are Not Racists
Glenn Schwitter Simsbury, CT I live in CT, am socially more liberal and financially more conservative, and I do not know any white people who...
