Trouble is, maybe I’m a racist.
Matthew Hartter, Seattle, WA. The feeling of uselessness leads to a desire for superiority.
Why Do They Think We’re Racists
Josh Parker Grimm, Kansas City, KS I hate it when minorities, in general, think all whites are racists. I even have a black friend who...
I think I am becoming racist
A., USA. I work in an area with a lot of Hispanic or Latino immigrants from different places. I have not had many good experiences...
You may not know you’re racist.
Taylor Hirano, Irvine, CA. Growing up in a mostly Caucasian community, many of my fellow peers didn’t know they were racist against me. It could...
Raised in segregated north, I’m racist.
Rev. Kathy Bird DeYoung, Aurora, CO. I was raised in metro Detroit in one of the white northern suburbs. Now I live in the most...
White Conservative #Don’t Assume I’m Racist
Quinn Meyer, Dubuque, IA Growing up a white, conservative male in a suburban Midwestern town automatically attaches labels to me. We all live with labels....
“I’m Black, I can’t be racist”
Amy Kilfoyle, Spokane, WA. I worked at a group home for children with behavioral and developmental problems. This home has one female unit and 4...
We joke, but it’s not funny.
Pauline Devlin Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan This is in reference to my friends and I. I do not believe any...
Dear Ebenezer Baptist: I still cringe
Elizabeth Rodriguiz, Ypsilanti, MI. In the early 2000s I tagged along with my husband to his professional society meeting in Atlanta. While he went to...
Dad was racist. I fought him.
William G Doyle Jr., Castle Rock, CO. From the time I could remember my father expressed his racism against African Americans. I fought him because...
Yes dude, I actually play basketball.
Roy Yuan, Mountain View, CA Is there something peculiar about this image? Well, whether you’re racist or not, you probably guessed it. Out of the...
People are racist within families.
Olga Johnson, Wayne State, Detroit, MI Race is becoming more difficult to distinguish according to google, due to intermarriages, travel and better communications between humans...
Colorblindness is Racist…
KKC, Wayne State, Detroit, MI The problem is not color, it is the way we treat people of other colors. When your white, you are...
