I was colorblind. Now I see.
Suzi, Seattle, WA I am white and grew up surrounded by whiteness. I was oblivious to what it meant to be non-white; to the fact...
Your soul is deeper than skin color
Melissa Pierce, Bowling Green, OH. As people, we need to start seeing each other for who they are rather than what they are. People have...
Don’t Hate Me Because I’m White
Julie Kendall, Duncan, OK. I feel stereotyped and judged just because I was born a white female and am considered a conservative, and am older....
Why can’t we see white privilege?
Miriam Mayteson, Columbus, OH. White privilege is everywhere, but so many of us white people can’t or won’t see it. How can we change that?
I see it, but I’m tired
Dustin Fife Blanding, UT. My other would have been…No one wins where I live.
Try To See Through (My) Asian Eyes
Juliette A Clancy, Culpeper, VA. Since I am half Asian and my eyes are the only Asian thing about me, people think that I’m automatically...
What you don’t see, others suffer.
Carrie Allan, Takoma Park, MD. I’m always amazed by white people who make an argument that racism is in the past. How can any of...
The First Thing Sighted People See!
Sylvia Langford, Jamesville, NY. I sincerely wish we could accept race without judgement, because too often that acknowledgement brings with it negative connotations.
Can’t be colorblind and see me
Chandra Craven Boston, MA As a future mother of a biracial child and as black America I get insulted when someone says they don’t see...
