“White” doesn’t define me. I’m Cajun.
Charlene Leger LA I grew up on the outskirts of a city that is almost 70% African American, on a family farm that was right...
Leave now! Hanging about to happen.
Bobbie Clark Baton Rouge, LA My father taught school in rural parishes all of his teaching career from the 40’s thru the 70’s. I recall...
I’m educated; doesn’t mean I’m white.
Adja Toure Annandale, VA Not a day goes by without at least one schoolmate telling me I’m white. But only on half of these occasions...
Racism is stupid; don’t be stupid.
Patrick Nolan Jacksonville Beach, FL As an educator having taught in urban school districts for more than twenty-seven years I have had the pleasure of...
White girl. Black school. Called “slave owner.”
Erin Murphy Barling, AK I grew up in a mostly African American neighborhood outside Miami, Florida. My friends never made me feel out of place...
Heritage Day? I am a mutt.
Christina Vallem Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan When the elementary school holds a Heritage Day my kids would ask me “What...
White boy, black//brown majority school
Dan Euliss Vancouver, WA You get to feel the other side of the race card.
All 5th grade girls except Mavis.
Phoebe Ruona Minneapolis, MN I went to a little 2-room country school in MN. There were 3 black kids in our school. Mavis was in 5th...
There used to be only four
Manuel J Bascuas Miami, FL In school, many years ago, I was taught that they were four: white, black, yellow and red. According to some...
