
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...
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Karen Sturdivant, Lansing, MI. When it comes to matters of race- Stevie Wonder can be seen as the great equalizer. His messages in song are...
Eli Russell, Austin, TX. As a writer, these six words are something I’ve said before. I lend it here to hopefully add to the growing...
Karl Maurer, New Lenox, IL. I love music. I particularly love American blues music, and am proud to serve on the board of The Blues...
Michael Doran, Selinsgrove, PA. I am a student of music, and I love with the genre of soul/blues music like The Temptations or John Legend....
NanJo Carter, Richmond, CA. I grew up in the fifties and sixties. We moved to Japan when I was 2. We moved to Montgomery, AL...
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...