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Proud Not ashamed to be white

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 ashamned, Cordova, hate, Kenny Readnour, KY, not racist, people of color, pride, proud, Racist, white, white people

Kenny Readnour,
Cordova, KY

Where I’m from whites are NOT racist but are getting very tired of the majority of the (people of color) being just if not more racist than the KKK which I Hate ! If the VERY racist people of color would blame individuals that has done or said the horrific racist acts instead of blaming a ENTIRE innocent race for what evil individuals have done, the racist creation would slow greatly. Me personally I’ve seen many many whites take up for many races in need but all the other races combined I might have seen 5 people of color take up for a white person. So I hate to say it but people of color are bully forcing whites to hate the people that hate them for ZERO reasons. The devil is winning ! All is and should be equal, hate is winning in every race. That’s a shame…ME I will love all in every race and I absolutely love my WHITE self. Hate any race and being a follower of popular hate SHAME ON YOU ! YOU ALL NEED JESUS !

South Texas Born, Melting Pot Raised

September 5, 2022September 5, 2022 career, choice, culture, economic diversity, hard work, influenced, Jerheme Urban, melting pot, music, On Location, proud, San Antonio, South Texas, the race card project, Trinity University, TX, USA

Jerheme Urban,
Trinity University

I am very proud of the fact that I was born in south Texas, a location steeped with history and tradition. It is also an area that is a melting pot of race, culture, and economic diversity- with a heavy blue collar, agrarian influence. After traveling/working across the country, I have really grown to appreciate the fact that my area of upbringing really embraces other cultures and the races that usually embody those cultures. Like all areas of the world, there are still unfortunate stereotypes that need to still need to be talked about and broken down; however, all in all, I believe that I was heavily influenced by the melting pot I was exposed to during my formative years…an environment that encouraged acceptance of another’s culture, musical taste, and career choices. We honored hard work, and realized that race had no bearing on how hard you worked.

I am proud. I am sorry.

August 25, 2022 Brooklyn, immigrant, NY, pride, proud, Rebeka, Revolutionary War

Rebeka,
Brooklyn, NY

Like the majority of immigrants who have come to America, my ancestors came to this land seeking political, religious and economic freedoms not open to them in their native country, England; arriving in the early 1600s. I am proud that they fought in the Revolutionary War to found this country, to create a nation that sought to safe guard personal freedoms and liberty. At the same time, I am sorry that those liberties did not extend beyond the white Europeans. I am sorry about the long term generational impact that their immigration caused by opening a door which resulted generations of displacement, death and discrimination of first nations people as well as slavery. And that, while they did not own slaves, they did not work towards equality and freedom for all. I hope that in this generation, we can start to make amends to those who have been left behind by a system that for generations favored European immigrants.

I am Asian but look white

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 Asian, change, Chinese, Hong Kong, identify, Jason Eng, proud, white

Jason Eng,
Hong Kong.

As a kid I looked more Chinese, and I identified as Chinese, because all my relatives looked Chinese and I was proud to associate myself with the subculture of Asian America. As I got older my appearance changed. Now I think that one should be able to identify as one chooses. In spite of the fact that people may always judge your appearance as something else.

Si Senor, yo soy del Bario

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 bario, change, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Hodgkins, IL, life, neighborhood, pride, proud, senor

Elizabeth Gonzalez,
Hodgkins, IL.

I am proud of living in my neighborhood. I did not choose to be born a Latina or living in this neighborhood but no matter how bad it is I still love it. I wouldn’t change a single thing about my life.

Proud to be “Something Else”

July 7, 2022July 8, 2022 Justus Chebon Eaglesmith, OR, proud, Salem, something else

Justus Chebon Eaglesmith,
Salem, OR

My voice is always hidden away.

July 7, 2022July 8, 2022 apologize, Brandy Roberts, Cottonport, hidden, judged, LA, proud, Racist, trump, voice, white

Brandy Roberts,
Cottonport, LA.

I am a loving mom of 2 beautiful kids. I am proud to be white, and I can not voice that to a single person, lest I be judged a racist. I have love pure and strong in my heart. I can not for the life of me understand why all whites are forced to apologize for being white. Why do all the other race’s get to throw shade and we are just suppose to take it and never speak up. I voted for Trump because I want change. We need unity. I am tired of having my voice taken from me. Truthfully I feel threatened by the black race. Not all but definitely a majority. I wish them the best in all they do. I have no hate for them. To me, they are unknown, and some are frightening. They are so strong in their beliefs and voice them constantly. If I voiced any of my proudness to be white, I would like some racist be yacht. And get jumped by a few. Just wish we could take pride in ourselves. There are so many organizations for black pride. We only had 1, the KKK, and seriously no white person wants to sign up for that.

Southern white girls aren’t always “proud”

July 6, 2022 Cecily B, proud, Rusk, TX, white girls

Cecily B,
Rusk, TX

I am a not an object

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 body, ct, female, Megan Hoban, object, proud, respect, Ridgefield, sexual assault, University of Maryland, white woman, woman

Megan Hoban,
Ridgefield, CT.

Being a caucasian woman in the US I see sexual assault every day. I am proud to be who I am and I am proud of my body. With that being said I refuse to be looked at as an object or treated with any less respect because I am a female.

Proud to be of mixed race!

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 Delhi, get to know me, heart, Michele DeFreece, mixed race, NY, pride, proud

Michele DeFreece,
Delhi, NY

I’m very tired always being asked what am I. Get to know me. Get to know my heart.

Proudly being Black means acknowledging Originality

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 Black, Chicago, classroom, Eric N. Harris, IL, orininality, proud

Eric N. Harris,
Chicago, IL.

At age 40, I’ve come to realize that Life is the Classroom of Knowledge and I still have a lot to learn.
May both my Race Card + accompanying photo show it.

“Mexican? Good joke, you’re clearly white.”

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Alfredo Holguin, Ann Arbor, believe, Hispanic, Mexican, MI, proud, Understanding Race Project, University of Michigan

Alfredo Holguin
Ann Arbor, MI
Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan

Shorty Summary: I decided to choose these 6 words as my race card because this is something that I have heard A LOT since living in the US for the last 10 years of my life. Every time that I tell people that I am Mexican, they never believe me simply because I’m also white; something that to me is not that uncommon at all. I’m a 6th generation Mexican, my whole family is born and raised in Mexico, I was born and grew up in Mexico until the age of 10, I speak fluent Spanish, and for some reason people always question me when I tell them that I’m from Mexico and a proud Latino. Then they ask me to speak Spanish, so I do, and then they assume that I must be from Spain then because, to them, since I’m not dark-skinned then I can’t be Mexican. This is something that always annoys me when I have to deal with it, but now I’m not as surprised by it as I used to be. Hopefully one day people will be able to learn that there are many different types of Hispanics that just because they aren’t white doesn’t mean they are any less Hispanic, AND any less proud of it.

Mixed heritage. Feeling strange growing up

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Auburn, bi-racial, blue eyes, brother, brown, father, freckles, GA, growing up, hair, hate, heritage, Katie Moore, look, mixed, New Echota, proud, shades, sister, skin, strange, wavy hair

Katie Moore
New Echota, GA

I used to hate the way I looked growing up. My mom & brother had fair skin & freckles & I had darker skin & hair. I like the way I look now. I’m proud of my heritage. I am of cherokee, creek, German,& African decent. I stand taller than most women & my hair is almost to my knees & very straight with several shades of auburn & browns. I have a daughter now that took after her father more; wavy hair, fair skin, & blue eyes.

Uniquely Made, The American Girl Today

October 20, 2021March 30, 2022 African American, American, American girl, Asian, association, CA, category, Christina Rains, Color, Dutch, French, HIS311 CBU, human life, identify, Indian, judge, Latino, made, Mexican, pride, proud, racial equity, Riverside, Spanish, stand up, stereotype, Today, unique, value, white, White girl

Christina Rains,
Riverside, CA.

French, Indian, Mexican, Dutch, but American?

It is quite clear that you cannot judge individuals by their color. Race in reality just identifies where your family has lived and what part of the world you are from. Throughout my life, I have been called “white girl” but in reality, this categorization is far from the truth. Both sides of my family are trilingual (speaking French, Spanish, and English), and yet my great grandparents and grandparents chose to assimilate by not continuing to teach their native languages. Despite the assimilation, I am proud to be an American. As a result of the loss of my family’s native languages I have never mastered Spanish, much to my disappointment. I have been frustrated with the association of the term “white” since the term now seems to be synonymous with the term racist or prejudice. I feel that this is unfair since many individuals that are categorized as white are not racist or prejudice. Many individuals seem to have forgotten the America has been striving through the education system and legal system to establish equality for all races. Although America is still working towards equality, equality is finally within our grasp. I am excited to be part of the race card project, so that I can make a difference and stand up for racial equality and universal value for human life. It is important to realize that God created all individuals equally and in His image. Thus, who are we to judge others by their race whether Latino, Asian, African American, or White.

HIS311 CBU!

Racially Ambiguous and Tired Of Explaining

October 10, 2021October 20, 2021 1934, African American, ambiguous, Courage, Fair Oaks Ranch, illegal, Melanie Cowart, miscegenation, protests, proud, Racially ambiguous, TX

Melanie Cowart,
Fair Oaks Ranch, TX.

My parents were married in 1934 when miscegenation was illegal in most states. Until I was older, I didn’t realize how much courage it took for them to be together. My mother, who was white, raised her two daughters, now 80 and 62, to be proud African-American women. I’m so sorry she did no live to see the election of President Obama, another child of mixed heritage but who associates more with the African-American community. The hardest part about being racially ambiguous is always having to explain who I am to other African-Americans. Even in 2015, I walk into a room and the conversation stops, while everyone questions in their minds, ” Who’s the white girl?” For all our protests about discrimination, African-Americans can be the most prejudice of their own race. Someone once told me the prejudice stems from plantation times when lighter slaves worked in the house and darker slaves in the field, a technique used by plantation owners to create a division. Well, must we as a race hold onto those old plantation stereotypes? All members of the human race need to be as accepting of each other as my parents were when it wasn’t even considered morally or legally acceptable to ignore skin color.

White but not proud of privilege

September 1, 2021 African American experience, black in America, College, DC, first experience, pride, privilege, proud, Shannon Wagner, Washington, white

Shannon Wagner,
Washington, DC

I studied History in college and have been on a quest of understanding the African American experience, oppression, inequity and the continued struggle of being Black in America.

White, Technology, Life-Enhancement, Ancestors, Human-Rights

July 28, 2021March 30, 2022 Ancestors, economics, gay marriage, heritage, Human Rights, Jason Peter Thomas, legalized, legislation, LGBT, Life-Enhancement, pride, proud, technology, USA, white

Jason Peter Thomas,
USA.

I did not realize it was a good thing to be proud of my white heritage until gay marriage was legalized in the U.S. I looked up gay rights and found out that white societies provide the most advanced human-rights legislation around the world. This lead me to understand that white people have been responsible for much of the technological advancement that has enriched the world as well. I never knew it was okay to be proud of my ancestors for this until I realized that ancestors are respected in many cultures for the hard work they put in for their descendants. I learned to respect my race and ancestors for what they have given me and the world. I’m proud that white societies lead the world in human rights, LGBT rights, and economics.

I’m not proud of being a WASP.

June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 1630, america, Ancestors, CA, equality, Family, fear, immigrants, Monopoly, Nancy MacLeod, others, Philo, Power, proud, struggle, the masses, WASP

Nancy MacLeod,
Philo, CA.

I have ancestors that came to America in 1630- among the 1st to take advantage of the indigenous people. What is to be proud of, is how your family lived, how you live. I can be proud of my family because they were hard working and honest- but were they compassionate and wise? Did they believe in equality for all? Or did they believe in making money at the expense of others? Those things I don’t know. But I can be confident in my own life that those are driving factors for me. As for fearing “the other”- immigrants, people of whatever race- those fears are false. It is not immigrants, or people of some other color that are making it “hard” on “white American males”. It’s our ever-more elite law makers who allow corporations to expand exponentially until only 8 men in the world own as much wealth as the poorest half- 3.5 BILLION- of the world’s population! The “powers-that-be” are very good at obfuscating the real reasons for peoples’ angst and struggle, making it seem like the “others” are making it harder for them, but the reality is we need to re-do our laws- like Citizens United; like anti-monopoly laws that have been eviscerated and/or not enforced; like the removal of Glass-Stiegal; like voting laws and educational laws and redlining and drug laws and all the other unfair laws our government has in place- they try to keep us, “the masses”, from realizing the truth: We all may look different, but we are all one family- the family of humanity! (I don’t think government is bad- just some of the people who are controlling it…but that’s another talk…)

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