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The color of Freedom is Green

Kylee Robinson, Seattle, WA.

My whiteness gets in the way.

Julianna, Seattle, WA. I have wished I was biracial everyday so I could better help with the issues. How can I help now?

Deconstructing “whiteness” won’t change my skin.

7 years ago7 years ago

Mariel Rieland, Seattle, WA. I’m about as stereotypically European-American as you can get… Born to an upper-middle-class family, raised in the suburbs, graduating from a...

¿Eres mexicana? Entonces, ¿por qué el disfraz?

7 years ago7 years ago

Maria Seattle, WA You’re Mexican? Then why the disguise? I was asked this by a viejito selling his wares in Tijuana, México, probably about 20...

Progressives destroyed race relations in America.

7 years ago7 years ago

Stacey Seattle, WA The Civil Rights movement was hijacked by progressives. Since that time, they have destroyed Dr. King’s “Dream”. The virtual enslavement of the...

Obstacle course meets me every day

7 years ago7 years ago

SLTR Seattle, WA I was raised in a white protestant homogenous family. From the time I was young, my curiosity led me to friends of...

So much work to be done.

7 years ago

Jen Davison, Seattle, WA. I am White. When I voted for Obama I said “I don’t see color.” Well, I do now–and I feel ashamed...

Is it wrong to hate Mexicans?

7 years ago7 years ago

Jessica, Seattle, WA. I moved to a nice, peacefully safe area. First there was just a few illegal Mexicans but it’s changed. We made it...

Race can mean nothing, or everything.

7 years ago

Stephen Mai, Seattle, WA. Race to some can just be a dirty word, used to victimize themselves and create more barriers and problems, where as...

I am black and a target

7 years ago7 years ago

Chris Porter, Seattle, WA. It is hard for me to think about living in a country where my life seems to have little value. It...

Take a wild guess …

7 years ago

Anonymous, Seattle, WA.

I’m not white, I’m peachy-pink.

8 years ago8 years ago

Alyce Gatlin, Seattle, WA. I like to put the “unity” in community. I want to listen, listen, and listen to people. Together we can find...

I never experienced racism until now.

8 years ago

Christopher, Seattle, WA. I was born in the US in the late sixties, I am Caucasian, and I had not even once experienced any form...

You do not look INSERT RACE

9 years ago9 years ago

Jamie M. Young, Seattle, WA. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: Seattle Community Colleges I was born in Subic Bay, Philippines at the...