Knowledge and Opinion Aren’t the Same
Krissy, Marysville, WA Developing a critical social justice lens requires constant study and practice. There is a lot of misinformation around social justice issues, and...
We’re all the same, but different.
Cynthia Parra, Beaumont, TX. Through my profession, I have been given the opportunity to work with university students from marginalized groups and I have become...
Diversity, resiliency, respect, unity and God
Jan Ligasan, Placentia, CA identity: Shaping self-perception and societal views. Systemic: Embedded racial biases in institutions. Privilege: Advantages based on race, causing disparities. Stereotypes: Harmful...
Not Black Enough, Not White Enough
Heleen Moyer, Troy, PA Growing up, being a mixed girl, -also with a Hispanic father that was never around- , I never felt like I...
Teaching white students about social justice.
Terri F. Reilly, St. Louis, MO. I don’t only teach white college students, but many of them come into the classroom with blinders of privilege...
Class can make white privilege invisible.
Kayla Bernier-Sontag, Brattleboro, VT. Smith College I’m a student at Smith College and my six word story is about my observations in social justice education–the...
Can’t always have what you want
Dilan Edward Kirkland, Apopka, FL I used to care, but after all the rioting, looting, raping, and killing, I honestly couldn’t care less about racism...
I unpack my white privilege daily.
Sarah Walton Nashville, TN I descend directly from southern slave-owners and, more recently, racists. My family’s wealth is built on the backs of over a...
My privilege gained from others’ bodies
Piper Meade, Denver, CO. Social justice is our responsibility. Freedom means freedom for all people, all people or it is meaningless, or it is not...
How much more I gotta give?
Deria Matthews Germantown, MD The work of civil rights activists and social justice workers alike is exhausting, emotionally taxing and just takes a lot out...
Colorblind? How can you believe that?
Alec Malstrom Ann Arbor, MI I chose these words based on an interaction I had with a close friend who believed social justice work isn’t...
