soul Archives - The Race Card Project

My skin doesn’t reveal my soul

Traci Neal, Columbia, SC As long as I can remember, growing up in the South, I have had my experiences with racism. I think, in...

What did we lose becoming white?

2 years ago2 years ago

Rosa Friedman, Philadelphia, PA. My grandparents came to this country as children of Jewish families from eastern Europe. In order to become accepted as part...

Born white, Pakistani Heart, International soul

3 years ago3 years ago

Marilyn Gardner, Boston, MA. Born in the United States, Grew up in Pakistan. Hold American passport. Birthed 5 kids on 3 continents. Now trying to...

Cut normal white people some slack.

3 years ago3 years ago

Aimee Castro-DiGiovanni, Scottsdale, AZ. It’s disappointing to know the color of my skin, in the eyes of others, seems to define me. It doesn’t. My...

Soul over body, love over fear

3 years ago3 years ago

Charlie Rice, Douglasville, GA As a transgender person, I am often reduced to being no more than the body I was born in, and oftentimes...

Never complete, white skin, African soul

3 years ago3 years ago

H. Allan White, Huntersville, NC My earliest and formative years were spent in an era of segregation and the early trials of desegregation. Despite an...

Blue eyes, Latina soul, Challenge preconceptions.

3 years ago3 years ago

Mariel Joana Alvarado, Portland, OR.

I see the soul not skin colour.

3 years ago3 years ago

Meera Andrews, New Zealand.

Narrow Paths Dirt Roads Soul Soles

4 years ago4 years ago

Treylieus Curry, Denton, TX. Everyone has a story and their road my not be pretty or easy to navigate but the destination is freeingly beautiful.

Who is your daughter’s father?

5 years ago3 years ago

Itoko Richardson, Daly City, CA. I am Japanese and my husband is Black (he extremely dislikes to be called African-American). Our experience alone was interesting...