My Full-time Job: Being Black
Jessica, Taunton, MA. Being Black in America means that you constantly have to change and work on yourself in order to please the dominant group...
When will we remove the chains?
Catie Cowell, Stockbridge, VT. In our society, we need to remove the chains from individuals. We need to open the door and see what’s behind...
Black Skin? Conditional Acceptance In Society
Barry M., Canada. Whether at work, in school, in a neighbourhood… especially a new one you moved to, as a Black person, especially as a...
She is just some white girl
Brooke, Richmond, VA. Virginia Commonwealth University Racism goes all sorts of ways. My race shouldn’t define everything about me, and definitely shouldn’t generalize me as...
Tired of Asians being a minority
Jaimie Nguyen San Jose, CA There are not much Asians in the media, not many Asians exposed in the light. Also, it saddens me how...
Truth is, white privilege still exists.
Jennifer Achilles New York CIty, NY Manhattan I wish people understood the power of institutionalized racism and sexism in our society — it’s not about...
Their war is now our battle
Drew Powell Bangor, ME When the American Civil War ended 150 years ago, slavery was abolished in the United States, and the war between whites...
A representation of society as a whole.
Ryan Owen Milwaukee, WI The problems we see in our schools are a result of the bigger problems that are acceptably in grained in our...
Affirmative action has created stagnant society.
Frans Susan (near) Atlanta, GA Political correctness and affirmative action are the most destructive forces of the past 60 years! We have stupid, obtuse white...
Politicians make policy, (de)segregation is policy.
Melanie Hoyt Beverly Hills, CA The last three Presidents have viciously torn away at the very fabric of American society pandering away to special interests...
Peaceful protest through song Works Wonders!
Jarrett Tyler New York City, NY Brooklyn I believe we should use the same tactics of peaceful protest to combat problems faced in society today.
Controlled by the chains of society.
Lila Jordan Denver, CO There are many demeaning stereotypes that our nation has adapted throughout history. For example, women are typically judged as weak, which...
God has made us all BEAUTIFUL.
Grace Bowling Eugene, OR It’s rough being different. Human nature/society/whatever tells us differences are bad. They truly aren’t and as cheeseball as it sounds, the...
