Sometimes, I can’t feel guilty anymore.
Allison Hren, Elon, NC. Elon University Recognizing the problems that exist in our divided world are very important, but there’s a part of me that...
Irish slavery. Where are the documents?
Howard Bonds, Miami, FL. I hear many people talk about Irish slavery in the Americas. Yet, I can find no documents. No ship names. No...
I still cry 51 years later.
Dana, Cincinnati, OH. I still cry 51 years later after segregation. I still cry for the 300 years of slavery.
Relief, family pride, and then hope
Joy Los Angeles, CA Looking into my family history, at first I found relief at finding no record of slave ownership, even among ancestors in...
“Black” enough for slavery, still “White”
James Cannon, Sacramento, CA. I’m forbidden from appreciating my African English grandmothers experiences and how they contributed to my outlook on life, or sharing this...
Stop awaiting apologies just do it!
Roberta Smith, Boston, MA. During the conversation, once the white guy spoke about self responsibility a lot of black people were visibly upset and I...
Stop Blaming Whites for Your Problems
Anonymous, Austin, TX. Blaming all white people for slavery is the same as blaming all black people for Boko Haram. If I am to be...
I will not apologize for slavery.
Felix, USA. I never owned a slave nor have I ever condoned slavery. My skin color does not make me guilty of any crime.
The Civil War Was About Slavery
Tim Fall, Davis, CA. There are still people – in the North and the South – who will tell you the Civil War was fought...
Union troops killed by Slavery Supporters
Larry Morgan, Washington, NC. I have long regarded the Confederate Battle Flag (CBF) as an anachronism for which we Americans have shown remarkable tolerance. It...
Confederates waged bloody war for slavery.
Rick Schuch, Bell Center, WI. The confederate flag is bad and must be gotten rid of.
Not racist, proud to be white
Rusty Loiselle, Huntsville, AL. I don’t have a problem with anyone of any color. Color is not something we had a choice in. I have...
In Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates at AtlanticLive New York Ideas 2015
REPOST: AtlanticLIVE online – May 20, 2015 Atlantic national correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates and NPR host and special correspondent Michele Norris have a conversation about Norris’s Race...
Ta-Nehisi Coates reads from his new book in conversation with Michele Norris at Lannan Foundation lecture in Santa Fe
REPOST Lannan.org April 15, 2015, Ta-Nehisi Coates, writer, journalist, and educator, is also a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social...
1610 – bible used to bless slavery
Lisa Smith, Boston, MA. In 1610 Catholic priest asked his superiorsif slavery was condoned by God. Answer came back…none of more learned men of cloth...
Accurate racial history must be taught.
Heathyr, Klamath Falls, OR. If we really want to confront racism and eradicate it, we need to be taught an accurate history of this country’s...
