protest Archives - The Race Card Project

Progress? We’ve been running in place.

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Christina H., DC, progress, protest, running, summer, Washinton

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 believe we still have to protest the killings of unarmed black people. Progress on race? Some days it feels like this nation has just been running in place.

Now, I can protest that murder

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 1963, Air Force, Army, David C. Ruffin, DC, Jim Crow, March on Washington, murder, protest, soldier, Washington, World War II, WWII

David C. Ruffin
Washington, DC

I participated in the March on Washington in 1963. I was 18 and home on leave from the Air Force. My most enduring memory of the March was a conversation I had with an older man on the train ride from Pittsburgh to Washington the night before. He told me that when he was in the Army in the Jim Crow South during World War II, he witnessed the murder of another black soldier. He was powerless to do anything about it at that time, but the March finally gave him an opportunity to protest the killing.

I had been based in Texas where I was subjected to racial discrimination. The March was also means for me to stand up against racism. Below is my short remembrance of that time.
Stood-Up-at-March

Summer protests. Fall reading. Winter white-silence.

March 9, 2021 CA, confused, Leila Chabane, Muslim, Palo Alto, protest, silence, Swedish and French-Algerian, white silence

Leila Chabane,
Palo Alto, CA

I’d say that other than not doing enough about my white privilege, I’m also still learning about my ethnic and cultural identity since I’m Swedish and French-Algerian. If my sentence could be 12 words, I’d also add “Swedish and French-Algerian. Muslim. Confused.”

BLM protests have turned me

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 atlanta, Black-white, BLM, camraderie, GA, I don't care, Jö Sharsvën, now I'm racist, protest, racism

Jö Sharsvën,
Atlanta, GA

The BLM protests have made me “racist”. I use that loosely. I don’t care anymore. If once there was a glimmer of camaraderie with blacks, it’s completely gone now. Racism against whites is growing exponentially. And for some reason it’s acceptable. The unwarranted hate I experience on a daily basis is ridiculous.

Just because my husband is white.

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Ferguson Police Officer Wife, husband, MO, O'Fallon, peace, police officer, protest, whife, white, wife

Ferguson Police Officer Wife,
O’Fallon, MO.

Just because he is a white police officer, doesn’t mean he’s a bad person. He grew up in this community and has just as much of a right to work here as anyone else. I should not have to worry myself sick if he will come home every night. Protest peacefully!