You don’t see color? You’re oblivious.
Stephanie Pruitt Nashville, TN Claiming social color blindness is not a thing to be proud of. It means that you are trying to remain unaware...
Black and resilient, I remain hopeful
Spencer Wiggins Nashville, TN Fifty years after the March on Washington and 5 years after electing the first black President of the United States we...
White, raised in black community. Grateful.
Amanda Becker Clarksville, TN Race has been the dominant subject of my life. I am the only white person on my page in my Senior...
I just want to scream, cry
Bruce Beckerink Franklin, TN I’m scared and disappointed. To Juror B37 – if Zimmerman “got the ball rolling” but “went over the top” how is...
Don’t shoot; I live here too.
S. Lindsey Hermitage, TN I guess in lieu of the jury’s verdict, if you live in a nice neighborhood and you are a black man...
Race is not always a factor
Cindy McLendon Madison, TN I grow weary of hearing that it was “racial”.. no matter what “it” is. A couple hundred years has brought enligntenment...
Father/Black Daughter/White Family/Race?
David T Roth Nashville, TN I was walking through Centennial Park in Nashville, TN. I looked up to see a young Father holding his daughter...
Black, and suffering for uncommitted crimes.
Victor Bradley Nashville, TN This is both a reference to the broader stereotyping which has pervaded the Black experience in America from the slave trade...
Called me white boy, I’m pissed.
Mario Latilleon Memphis, TN Being a light-skinned, articulate, and somewhat nerdy African-American boy can be a curse growing up in a poor black neighborhood in...
Just now figured out I’m Southern.
Samantha Guess Chattanooga, TN Born in the South, raised in the South – NEVER considered myself “Southern”. But at age 25 – I have found...
Your English is really quite good.
Raka Nandi Memphis, TN I have been “complimented” with this type of statement many a time in my life in America. I often wonder about...
White means struggle, not better, Bigot!
Jeff Bowlin Kingsport, TN Throughout history the white race has been the dominate race for only one reason, struggle. Humans with lighter skin lived further...
