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Respect the differences you don’t like

December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 @michele_Norris, @Tyler1l1, #theracecardproject, differences, respect, twitter, Tyler Levine

Tyler Levine,
Submitted via Twitter: @Tyler1l1
@michele_norris #theracecardproject

“You come off as too articulate.”

November 9, 2023November 9, 2023 @BobbyRiversTV, @michele_Norris, #theracecardproject, Anglo, articulate, Bobby Rivers, but you don't sound, career, producer, talk show, TV, twitter, VH1

Bobby Rivers,
Submitted via Twitter: @BobbyRiversTV
@michele_norris #theracecardproject

6 words I’ve heard from Anglo producers in my TV career.

People here mostly assume I’m WHITE

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 #theracecardproject, Anne Rubin, assume, Instagram

Anne Rubin,
Submitted via: Instagram
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Grateful, granny called me black boy

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 @drbrowne, #theracecardproject, black boy, Color, granny, grateful, Kevin Browne ‏, name, named, oily, poem, twitter

Kevin Browne ,‏
Submitted via Twitter: @drbrowne
#TheRaceCardProject

“Black Boy” for Michele
by: Kevin A. Browne

I was grateful; granny was prophetic,
almost making me out of clay,
caressing my tar with old love.
black before it was a color.

we come from an oily family,
our skins sticky to the touch.
we, who gushed from the oilfields:
she didn’t want me digging holes.

she didn’t want us digging holes.

she remains, now, a 45 minute recording—
my own ghost in the machine—that I listen to often,
but not often enough.

she named me.

I think it was so that every time I say my name,

I say it with her tongue:
black boy.

Being conspicuous is a daily struggle

October 20, 2021October 21, 2021 @DarkHairedDaisy, #theracecardproject, conspicuous, daily, I.Maz, struggle

I.Maz,
Submitted via Twitter: @DarkHairedDaisy
#theracecardproject

I’m not woke, but I’m learning.

June 28, 2021July 1, 2021 @urichmond, #theracecardproject, #URTRCP, Midlothian, USA, VA

Joe Boehman,
Midlothian, VA
University of Richmond

I grew up not having to think about my privileges. I believed that I was a product of the American Dream. My dad worked hard, earned his college degree in night school after coming home from WWII, and my mom and dad put my four siblings and I through college. We weren’t rich by any means, but we were comfortable. That is the American Dream, but looking back I know that the story would have been very different if my parents were not White.

I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to earn multiple degrees, and to have a wonderful job doing what I love. I also know that I am very fortunate to have privileges – being a White, straight, male of a certain socio-economic status affords me the privilege to not have to think about what it means to be White, to be straight, to be a man.

I am not “woke.” I am constantly learning how much I need to learn. I don’t want to hurt others as I walk this Earth. I want to use my privileges to help others, by using my voice, my presence, and what I’ve learned to educate and advocate for folks who are sometimes not listened to. I want the students here today to know a world that is truly equitable…and that has to start today.

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The real prejudice today is poverty

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 @TAMWILSONP, #theracecardproject, poverty, prejudice, real, Tam Wilson Powell

Tam Wilson Powell,
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#theracecardproject

Tough conversation; at least we’re talking

November 15, 2020November 15, 2020 @joshuadubois, #6wordstory, #ShiningALight, #theracecardproject, conversation, Joshua DuBois, talking

Joshua DuBois,
Submitte via Twitter: @joshuadubois
#TheRaceCardProject #ShiningALight #6wordstory

“Southern heritage” is a convenient copout.

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 @TrnGangDatabase, #theracecardproject, copout, heritage, Inmymamaname Peppars, southern

Inmymamaname Peppars,
Submitted via Twitter: @TrnGangDatabase
#theracecardproject

You see me as I’m NOT!

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 #theracecardproject, ME, not, See, Sonya J Van Alstyne, TOTN, twitter

Sonya J Van Alstyne,
Submitted via Twitter: ‏@SonyaJordan
#theracecardproject

Oooh..can I touch your hair?

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 ‏@Soledad_OBrien, #theracecardproject, hair, Soledad O'Brien, touch, twitter

Soledad O’Brien,
Submitted via Twitter: ‏@Soledad_OBrien.
@michele_norris #theracecardproject

Old Soul, White Skin, Human Race

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 #theracecardproject, #URTRCP, Richmond, The Sharp Speaker Series, University of Richmond, VA

Glenn,
Richmond, VA

Why can’t we all get along?

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I’m racist, but working on it.

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 #theracecardproject, Richmond, The Sharp Speaker Series, University of Richmond, VA #URTRCP

Collected at The Sharp Speaker Series
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA

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I’m black and so much more

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 @urichmond, #theracecardproject, #URTRCP

Makayla,
Richmond, VA

Society places a heavy focus on my identity as a black individual, but my life is intersectional. It makes it so hard rise up against adversity when everyone wants to stick you into a box and place judgment on that one factor. It has taken a lot to embrace and appreciate the culture and history that I get my skin tone. However, I am also a woman, a scientist, a sister, a daughter, a dog owner and so much more. I am proud of every part of me!

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