You can not cross Father Lawler’s street
Joseph L Collins Jr Omaha, NE Ashland Avenue in Chicago was the street you could cross at 69th street or you would get beat up...
We’re just not understanding each other
Nancy Wilson Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation Misunderstanding is breaking my hopeful heart. I was robbed by a black man I’d smiled at...
I try not to be racist
Brittney Smith, Washington, DC. But since I’ve moved here I can’t help but notice that many of the stereotypes of black males are true. I’ve...
Who’s that family down the street?
Michelle Christine Fairfax, VA I consider myself a friendly, open, unbiased person. Why do I not know the two families on my street that don’t...
Sometimes I am a black person
Hasheem Halim, Blacksburg, WV. No matter who I become, when I walk down the street, I am black first.
Why do I cross the street?
Genevieve Foskett Deerfield, WI Liberal, well-educated 48 year old female, deeply embarrassed by knee-jerk reaction to walking along a street alone and seeing a group...
Multiple assaults by young African-Americans, fear.
Will Parksley, VA As the victim of two assaults by African-American youth, both violent punches to the back of my head, one after I had...
Everyone’s child died on that street
Sarah Richards-Desai Ithaca, NY Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. ~Dr....
