“Blonde Moment” actually hurts my feelings.
Maggie Currin, Toano, VA Just because my hair is blonde and I am a white female does not mean I am “stupid” or not as...
White but still the minority
Mackenzie Wasielewski, Kailua, HI Living in Hawaii I have always been “discriminated” against because I don’t look the other people. I am always told that...
Are you having white girl problems?
Charley Birdsall, Kailua, HI One night, my friends were having dinner across the street from where my family and I were having dinner. So, I...
White folks get to be stupid.
Worokya Duncan, Ed.D., Saint Albans, NY. It grates on my nerves that white folks get to be stupid, and it turns into the fault of...
Intelligent and black, hated for that.
Consuelo, Stone Mountain, GA. This is because the two of the men in my life have dismissed me because I do not fit the ideals...
White and poor, must be stupid.
Aris Foucault Etheridge Leverett, MA I think it’s possible that the poor urban white perspective may be a helpful one in thinking about race as...
Racism is stupid; don’t be stupid.
Patrick Nolan Jacksonville Beach, FL As an educator having taught in urban school districts for more than twenty-seven years I have had the pleasure of...
What would make you more comfortable?
Erica Shindler Fuller Briggs North Charleston, SC What are you? I get asked this question so often I’ve started charging people for the information. It’s...
Being black doesn’t make me stupid!
L. Spencer Columbia, MD Educated and black is not an oxymoron. Base your opinion on my capabilities not my skin color.
I will always be a target.
Nehemiah Bourne College Park, MD Being black in America I will always be a target. Some one will think im stealing, poor, stupid, ghetto and...
Not All Whites Are Stupid Crackers
Cliff Ratner, Jr. Wichita, KS Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
