Tell me what you really think
Shahab John Sharify, Seattle, WA. Those six words sum up what I am thinking at that precise moment when I’ve told someone, who is curious...
Young black gang kids scare America.
David Evans, Seattle, WA. People equate young black gang members with crime and trouble… I was watching the PBS special and when the young black...
Knocked Down, But Got Back Up.
Victoria Long, Seattle, WA. I have experienced racism at a young age, but no matter what they said, I forgave them in the end.
My “ah-ha”: race is socially constructed!
Jack Bautsch Seattle, WA The RACE exhibit at the Seattle Center in late 2013 was a real eye-opener for me, a white male. What previously...
“I am chocolate Mama is ice-cream”
Naghmeh Moshtael Portland, OR These are my daughter’s words. We live in a world of different race, culture and heritage. My husband in African American,...
A Peabody for The Race Card Project
The Race Card Project Receives Peabody Honor Respected Journalist and Author Michele Norris Grateful for Recognition and the Opportunity for Dialogue that the Award Provides...
What if we all got along?
Victoria Bernstein Seattle, WA I remember Rodney King’s exhausted cry after days of the LA riots and the question bubbled up.
Our similiarities greatly outweigh our differences.
Robin A. Schneider, Seattle, WA. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: Seattle Community Colleges
A cloak behind which people hide
Nathen, Seattle, WA. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: Seattle Community Colleges You are what you make of yourself. There will always be...
Why am I always somewhere inbetween?
Anna Catlin Baker, Seattle, WA. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: Seattle Community Colleges I was adopted when I was 1 year(s) old...
Not unless your ancestors owned mine
Solveig Whittle Woodinville, WA In 1992 I moved to Seattle and began working at a new job. The first week I saw in the company...
Reconcile slave-holding past with future.
Pete Holmes, Seattle, WA. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: Seattle Community Colleges
Frustrated, Aggravated, Discouraged by Black Stereotypes
Kern, Seattle, OR. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: Seattle Community Colleges With each passing decade (now 5 of them)I have reflected on...
