Many of us are carelessly taught.
Nate Martin, Port Angeles, WA Rogers and Hammerstein posited “You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught,” and this certainly applies to blatant, flagrant hatred. But the...
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Nate Martin, Port Angeles, WA Rogers and Hammerstein posited “You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught,” and this certainly applies to blatant, flagrant hatred. But the...
Robert McAlister, Lexington, SC. Grew up in segregated south in a single parent home. Always felt on the margins but later in life realized my...
Jordyn Ducotey, Seattle, WA. Recent events have really made me challenge my own thoughts and the perceptions that I have been taught. I consciously make...
RANDOLPH F BROCK Soquel, CA Thank you for doing this project. As a gay man it is close to my heart.
Tess Junge, St. Paul, MN Growing up in a small town as a white person, I really didn’t have an understanding of racism. It wasn’t...
King Kellz, Fayetteville, NC. We only learn what America has taught us about our specific race.
Harrison Bartels, Sandy, OR Growing up I thought that racism was something that was largely in the past, except for a couple of outliers. This...
Steve Jones, Durham, NC. I grew up in a segregated community and the concept that African-Americans (of course, not the word that was used) were...
Ryan Mearig, Fountain Valley, CA. School does a great job of giving you the surface level depiction of slavery. It took 22 years to learn...
Thomas Swinscoe Akron, OH I grew up in a time when being gay was even more of a challenge than it is today. As a...
Yvette Davis, Wayne State, Detroit, MI I believe race is not the issue. I believe the issue is the person true feelings inside. People are...
Luc Charwin Salem, OR It may be trite and unoriginal to use someone else’s words. However, the lyrics of that song brought this topic into...
Monique Martinez, Riverside, CA. I am half Mexican and half Filipino but everyone always thinks I am full Mexican. When they find out I am...
Back when I was a kid, I used to wonder why or how people are different, why do we all have different races? When I...
Karen W. Gronau, Perry Hall, MD. I taught elementary school for four decades. I saw a good change over the years. My classes became more...
RANDOLPH F BROCK Soquel, CA Thank you for doing this project. As a gay man it is close to my heart.
Erin, MN. Racism isn’t in our curriculum, it’s not a lesson taught by chalkboards and worksheets. However it is learned. Yes, in school but also...