“I can marry whoever I want.”
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer I never really have thought through what my grandma was saying. I was only just...
Accept the reality; own YOUR story
Juan-Day Charlottesville, VA I chose these words because there’s nothing left to say. I’ve grown tired of the same dance around this issue. Race matters...
White doesn’t define who I am!
Briana, Stockton, CA. The color of my skin does not define the true person I am on the outside or even within. The color of...
All have the divine indwelling spirit.
Dave Crestview Hills, KY Because of that, in ultimate reality, we are all one.
Should I celebrate my own success?
Robert Kahne, Louisville, KY. I am a straight white male in my late 20s. As my career moves forward, I face the reality that every...
Heritage not hate? Heritage of hate.
Ava Chamberlain, Dayton, OH. I don’t understand the phrase “heritage not hate.” It suggests the two are mutually exclusive categories. In reality, the heritage of...
Proudness that reflects a profound sadness
Stacy N Knight New York City, NY Brooklyn The “civil rights movement” has not ended nor has the history eluded my development- It is my...
Emanicipation is still just a word
Winfrey Young, Atlanta, GA. Emancipation did not reinstate self-esteem, justice, dignity or reality. Freed slaves were not endowed with freedom to love or with pride...
Race’s Reality and Historical Legacy Matter
Gabriel Rossi, Jersey City, NJ. As a white male I want to learn about the realities people from all nations experience in the United States...
Post racial society–dream not reality
Jennifer Woods, Okemos, MI. I am a 65 year old African American and am sick to death that in 2012 we are still, Still, STILL...
I always wanted a brown Barbie.
Alona Davis, San Francisco, CA. I grew up in a small town in Oregon, fishing with my dad, gardening with my mom, and playing with...
There’s no such thing as race.
Dustin Mobile, AL Race only exists in the minds of people who believe in race. In reality we are all individuals with our own individual...
Only one race, the Human Race!
Eddie Smith, Lakeland, FL. At least our children seem to understand this. We must allow them to value this reality and stop passing our ignorance...
Painful and precious reality of creation.
Phyllis Baum York, PA Submitted at the Penn Central Conference 2011, UCC
