The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Jackie Spencer,
New York, NY.
The generalization we attach to people based on race is appalling. As an example when you speak of “immigrants” you do not think of this white blond person! I hope that raising this point makes people think before they generalize. We are all individuals with different beliefs and personalities and looks, but at the core we are all the same. Vive La Differance!
Erin Yarbrough,
Norman, OK.
My husband is half black and half Korean. I’m white. Our son is three races, but I hear and fear that others don’t see him as any race. Multi-racial is sometimes a hard way to identify.
Chris Wehunt,
Overland Park, KS.
So much focus is put on splitting up races, every time the race card is used in the media you see social media flipping out, looking for cases of white or black people being attacked by the opposite race, then guilt tripping not only mass media, but society as a whole saying “this won’t show up on (FOX, CNN, MSNBC, etc.) because it’s not trending”. It seems like social media, mass media, and politics is abused by people to shout to the rest of the world how conscious they are of the most recent issues but all it ends up doing is feeding emotionally short lived outbursts quickly replaced by the next days issue. People already forgot that we have troops overseas, they forget that every racial issue on the news is a prime moment for NAACP to make an extra dollar and to throw gasoline on the fire. If NAACP is supposed to be needed so badly, why is it that every time they’re involved, the riots get bigger? We gotta grow up and stop wanting people to feel sorry for us, stop living life according the stereotypes, break the mold! It’s not going to just happen on it’s own, it’s obvious by now after so many years have passed since slavery that just sitting around waiting for it to happen or getting on a podium and pointing angrily at the other side while shouting negativity isn’t how we promote equality at all. You want things to be different? Do something, MLK Jr stood for something that we still haven’t forgot, but it’s been warped immensely. We need to get active in the process to see results.
Samuel J. Lawson,
Indianapolis, IN.
I’m always annoyed when I have to fill out a form that only includes five or six races and there is no ‘other’ option. I feel ignored when I’m lumped together with all the “white” people in the world. “White” is not a race, it’s just a color.
R.E.A.L. Talk,
High Tech Middle Media Arts,
7th Grade Trailblazer
It has always confused me when people call others “white”, or “black”, because no one’s skin is “black”, or “white”. Besides, no one names their kids the color of their skin, so why do we call them that? In the past I have made myself feel guilty because someone once told me that I was Hitler’s version of “pure” and “perfect, ”blonde hair, blue eyes. I also feel responsible, and feel that I have to be racist because throughout most of history, I would be what was thought of as the “superior race”. When I was in 4th grade someone told me that I was racist because me and all my friends were “white”. I thought that meant that I had to be friends with other “races” just to prove that I was not racist even if I had nothing in common with them and didn’t get along with them. I have now learned that I should be friends with people because they are what I look for in a friend and “race” has nothing to do with friendship.
Race doesn’t exist, but racism does
Race is NOT real, yet it could mean life or death for someone. According to Vox, an American news website, “There isn’t a race chromosome our DNA that people can point to it simply doesn’t exist, this of course does not mean that the concept of race isn’t hugely important in our lives”. Although race is not scientifically and biologically real it can affect someone’s life greatly. Evidence from the American Anthropological Association says that “Physical variations in the human species have no meaning except the social ones humans put on them”. Therefore if humans hadn’t made these categories there would be no race or racism. “During the 19th century people used “race” to justify the retention of slavery”. This means that race was created so that certain people could have power over others and get free labor. Proving that racism created race because of the human hunger for power and categories. Although race does not biologically exist, unfortunately since we made these “racial categories,” racism does. So let’s end this social construct that we created for power, because we are one race… The human race!
Jessica Lind,
Sweden.
It’s the way you are that matters.
Jy’Maire O’connor,
Philadelphia, PA.
People bade me off the color of my skin just because my skin tone is brown/black doesn’t mean I’m only black and those stereotypes you place on “African Americans” doesn’t really apply to me i’m more than one race and you would know that if you talked to me instead of basing me off of looks get. Try talking to the person don’t immediately judge.
Cesar Gonzalez,
Sacramento, CA.
Race is an illusion. Made up.
Cosumnes River College
Kacie
Vancouver, WA
I grew up in a very white area of the U.S. and still at 23 years old, I’ve had very few friends of different races or lifestyles. Only within the last year have I learned a lot about a different race (Hispanic culture, particularly Mexican) and it has been the most eye opening year. I believe we need to share our stories more.
Gregory M. Foster Sr.
Hamden, CT
I served in the military with many different races. they were my friends my brothers in arms and my companions in times of despair I never felt they were anything less then another human being!
Mei Powers
Silver Spring, MD
Because that’s the only two Asian races that matter?
Anonymous
I’m tired of people of other races blaming white people for their problems. I’m a white person, I guarantee you that I haven’t done anything to oppress or persecute anyone, and I’m not going to feel guilty for crimes that I have not committed.
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