Why was I taught we’re superior?
Molly Kampa, Hastings, MN. I identify as a white individual. Throughout my schooling I feel that I was inherently taught that white is the superior...
One person is all it takes
Hannah Lindberg Denver, CO One person is all it takes. To start a rumor, it only takes person. It is said that racism is taught,...
History taught me how to feel
Chyealla C McBride Chicago, IL I’m an emotional person, but I wasn’t raised to properly express emotion. In learning and reading about other’s experiences, gave...
Wasn’t taught “discriminate…so I don’t.
Christina Hermann Mentor, OH My dad was in the military so we knew and were friends with people of other races from other countries. Like...
Kendra, 2: taught to exclaim “n*****”
Rebecca Zeissler Salem, IL I was Kendra’s teenaged babysitter. One day, before he left for work, Kendra’s father gleefully showed me the new “trick” he...
Alison, Ben, Karan, Danathen, and Tevon
Holly West Ann Arbor, MI My five best friends have taught me a lot about race.
What my southern mom taught me.
Donna Lovelady Indianapolis, IN Born in the south in 1924, mom was the granddaughter of a slave owner. She saw blacks pushed to the back...
You have got to be taught
Margaret Middleton Little Rock, AR Submitted via NPR’s Talk of the Nation Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, from “South Pacific”: Apropos of the ‘subconscious racist’ quote....
