Mom taught me to love everyone
Robert McAlister, Lexington, SC. Grew up in segregated south in a single parent home. Always felt on the margins but later in life realized my...
Ancestors were wrong. I am sorry.
Tim Minter, Bellevue, NE I am the descendant of slave holding Americans. My ancestors owned a plantation in Sedalia, SC – and, along with that...
Quarterbacks must be able to think!
Stanley E. Lindsey (Stan), Newberry, SC My six words came from one of the assist football coaches I grew up in a small town Lincolnton,...
The plantation haunts my gay marriage.
Erik Shawn Frampton, Charlotte, NC. I am the descendant of a line of plantation owners in South Carolina. As a gay man, my upcoming marriage...
My skin doesn’t reveal my soul
Traci Neal, Columbia, SC As long as I can remember, growing up in the South, I have had my experiences with racism. I think, in...
My dear friend’s current life below
Susan Nickason, Penfield, NY. Listening to the news this evening about the Charleston shooting, I hear “what harms our neighbor, harms us” This speaks to...
I’ve been called my sister’s nanny.
Mary Carroll, Columbia, SC. I am biracial and adopted into a white family. Growing up in a very southern affluent area, people were always asking...
Change On Counter Not In Hand
Kristina T. Sanders, Sumter, SC. A regular day at work turned into an eye opening experience. I had helped a customer pick out a pair...
“Rahsheba…that is an interesting name”
Rahsheba Major, Columbia, SC This was said to me by an unsmiling white female department store cashier, likely around the same age as I, early...
Cajun heritage and worked for everything
Feldon Starns, Summerville, SC. I come from a lower middle class family. I was the first to graduate collage in my family. I worked full...
Dream To See Hear And Love
Clarence “Chet” Chavez, Taylors, SC I want to start a Race Card Project in my local community beginning with the Unity and Unitarian Universalist folks.
Are you the maintenance guy
Mr. Jones, Charleston, SC. New neighbors moved in about 6 months ago. 1st introduction while I was sweeping driveway “are you the maintenance guy”. I...
Black man, white girl kissing; beautifully scared.
Tracey Rae Palmer, Myrtle Beach, SC. I was told never to kiss a n***** or get close to them; they would only rob you or...
Your bar is down the street.
Ronald Zeigler, North Brunswick, NJ. I was stationed at Parris Island going to Personnel school. I was from New York and with my three New...
Knowing Where and Who You are
Tyrone Aiken, Kansas City, MO I am in Kansas City, from New York thinking about my parents great migration from South Carolina. Knowing where I...
