Ilinois Grandfather fought South, Still There.
Joe Fricke Greenwood, IN My mother’s Great-Grandfather fought for the 121st Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War, was shot and killed in action against the...
I’ve never encountered another white Lassiter.
Jay Lassiter, Cherry Hill, NJ. Alternative Race Card: SICKLE CELL TRAIT? BUT….I’M WHITE! (I’m from the south…. you do the math.)
Growing up biracial was very painful.
Jim Roberts Atoka, TN I’m half Caucasian and half Asian. Growing up in the rural South during the eighties was a painful and humiliating experience....
Clarity revelations open the mind
Lupe Family Covington, GA Take the exhibit world wide. Take to southwest. northwest, south and Maine of USA.
I am not a black honky.
Sarita Houston, TX As a child in the south, I was picked on for several reasons: I have a dark complexion, I have decent hair,...
I saw the hate, it hurt
Christine Marriott River Falls, WI I lived in the south, born in 1956. I saw awful things as a little white girl from a racist...
Raised by a village of color
Karen G Augusta, GA I was raised in the south by my single, widowed mother and a handful of Christian women of both colors. I...
Daughter biracial, father pushed us away.
Dawn E Josiah Landis, NC My daughter is Hawaiian American. I’m the white part of her, her dad is the Hawaiian part of her. After...
Racism is shameful and diminishes us.
Teresa Lynn Rutledge Lilburn, GA Growing up in the South, I saw racism that was accepted because “that was just the way it was.” But...
Dad said, “You were here first.”
Joan Fumetti Windsor Heights, IA Traveling from our white Iowa world through the South in 1961 we stopped at a roadside food establishment. Dad went...
There might be little black children.
Caroline Hutton Raszewski Columbia, SC As boycotts and riots raged around the South in the early 60’s I was oblivious. It was the first day...
Called me white boy, I’m pissed.
Mario Latilleon Memphis, TN Being a light-skinned, articulate, and somewhat nerdy African-American boy can be a curse growing up in a poor black neighborhood in...
Just now figured out I’m Southern.
Samantha Guess Chattanooga, TN Born in the South, raised in the South – NEVER considered myself “Southern”. But at age 25 – I have found...
Why can’t we move past this?
Chassy Oson Fairfield, CA In this past week I have learned that some high schools in the South still have segregated proms. Seriously? We should...
White. Privileged. Always a bit guilty.
Joey Moncada Chandler, AZ I grew up in the South during the era of busing. My parents never showed any hint of discrimination against anyone....
White in North, Black in South
Lea Setegn Richmond, VA Growing up in Rochester, New York, I spent my elementary school years in a Catholic school that was 99% white. I...
