My name tells a great story.
Lise (rhymes with ‘please’), Austin, TX. My 6-word essay was originally “What kind of name is that?”– a question (both the polite and impolite versions)...
Race doesn’t tell the whole story
Sara Branly, Jacksonville, FL. Although i’m white, i have an incredibly diverse family’ culturally, ethnically, racially, religiously, etc.; you can’t tell anything about a person...
Please, Listen to my story first!
Clemen W. DSM, IA Many people look at me and/or hear my accent and immediately create a full story about me in their minds. They...
Being “black” isn’t my only story
Maya D., College Park, MD. Living the paradox of being too black for the white kids and too white for the black kids.
My race matters, my story matters.
Kathy Sisneros , Submitted via Twitter: @sisneros623 #theracecardproject
White. Adopted transracially. Now get it.
Ursula, Oklahoma City, OK. I did not get white privilege until we adopted. I am so sorry. This story terrifies me.
Born Black Beautiful Brazen and Blessed
Keysha Charles Baltimore, MD From the day I was born my skin told my story. It told all that I was, all that I could...
See me, not just my skin
Jeffery J Jaekley Bolivar, MO Race matters. It shapes our identity, yet it is not the whole of our identity. There are elements that are...
Don’t assume I know your story
Lilliane Webb Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
No one would doubt black man’s guilt.
Anonymous San Francisco, CA Had it been the other way around, the story wouldn’t be such big news. Nobody would think to doubt the black...
