A reflection of my ancestors’ sacrifices
Elizabeth Franklin, St. Louis, MO I’m from St. Louis, MO, but I currently attend Dillard University in New Orleans, LA. My family has always been...
Sadly, Gay is a Race too.
William, Bill Donius, St Louis, MO Thanks for doing this project. Out differences should make us stronger, but it seems they’re dividing us, more so...
Small brown flecks on a tortilla
Jane Orias, St. Louis, MO We moved to St. Louis, MO about 6 years ago after living in Hawaii and the west coast. The topic...
Yes, I really am North African.
Hannah, St. Louis, MO. My mother is from Africa. She has dark skin. My father is Swedish. My mother used to get asked if she...
My Mind Isn’t Inferior To Yours
Jonah Payne, St. Louis, MI. Many people feel that a Black person isn’t capable of what others are, and I find that to be false....
Yo, dumbass white honky mother f*****
Rudy Owens, Portland, OR. So, you want six words? Here are six I heard so many times I can’t even count them. They came in...
My Black Panther freshman college roommate
Alan Ritter, St. Louis, MO When I arrived at MIT, my assigned roommate was an African American guy from Detroit. In the fall of 1969,...
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...
Old, white, but beginning to understand
Ray Alonzo, St. Louis, MO I am 70, white, and a retired educator of college and high school-age students. During my years in the classroom,...
Pride/relief for my childhood hometown.
Kathy Davis, St Louis, MO I couldn’t miss the change of a street sign during my long-overdue visit to my hometown. “Unity Street” had become...
Today I applied for a passport
Larry Smith (Vietnam Veteran), Saint Louis, MO. I look around and see white fear of black people (especially black men) on the rise as reflected...
I am more than my skin
Nikia Montgomery, St. Louis, MO The first time I was called the N-word I was 5. Waiting in line with my class to use the...
We Have More Work To Do
Ana Grace Schactman, Webster University, St. Louis, MO In the late 1990’s, Webster University held a Diversity and Inclusion Conference in St. Louis. One hundred...
How could I live here if otherwise?
Ginger Williams St. Louis, MO If it had not happened how could one in good conscience live in this country?
