treatment Archives - The Race Card Project

Black nurse fired for resisting injustice.

November 3, 2024November 6, 2024 Baltimore, black nurse, Elona, healthcare, inequality, MD, nurse, treatment

Elona,
Baltimore, MD

Black registered nurses face bullying and discrimination daily, primarily from non-Black colleagues. We are constantly made to feel inferior, despite our skills and dedication. The pressure to work harder and prove ourselves more capable than our counterparts is relentless. This inequity not only undermines our confidence but also creates a toxic work environment, where our professionalism and competence are continually questioned. It’s time for this mistreatment to be addressed, so we can be recognized and respected for the valuable contributions we bring to healthcare.

Is it because I am black?

January 2, 2022January 9, 2022 Black, demoralizing, Evanston, exhausting, IL, Renee Yates, society, treatment

Renee Yates,
Evanston, IL.

Being black in America means that every time you feel slighted or unfairly treated in the larger society you have to wonder “Is it because I am black?” It’s demoralizing and exhausting.

Always presumed mixed. Shocked genetically white.

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 all wite, CA, frizzy hair, genetics, hair, Jeni Bate, mixed, n-word, Salton City, shocked, treatment, white

Jeni Bate,
Salton City, CA

I have frizzy hair. I grew up in an all** white town and the only other people with hair like mine were my mother and grandmother, both of whom are/were racist. My mother always denied we have any black in our family, but I thought she was lying because she was racist. I was always called the local equivalent of the n-word. I left as soon as I was an adult, and though the treatment wasn’t as cruel, I have always been taken as, or asked whether I am mixed. When I had my dna done and found I was indeed all European, I was stunned – and disappointed.

Being different shouldn’t mean treated differently

September 25, 2018September 25, 2018 Athens, different, differently, OH, treatment, Val

Val,
Athens, OH

I Am Not a Horrible Person

February 10, 2017 Angela Crites, CA, CBU HIS 311, civil rights, color of my skin, equality, horrible, MLK, ridiculous, Riverside, society, treatment, unjust

Angela Crites,
Riverside, CA.

It is ridiculous that in today’s society, white people are automatically deemed as “racists” with “privilege,” and are incapable of really being good, decent human beings and American citizens. I thought the goal of Civil Rights and everything that people like MLK Jr. fought for was EQUALITY, not a spreading of prejudice and discrimination to other people. I will not apologize for being white. I will also not excuse how the world used to be, but in doing so, I will recognize that it is primarily no longer that way. I will fight for equality wherever I go, and I will step in whenever I see unjust treatment, no matter the race or gender. But I will not be silent about being treated negatively and excluded from narratives and events simply because of the color of my skin- that’s called racism, and our country is above that. We are above that.

CBU HIS311

Good heart, different skin, different treatment.

February 8, 2016February 8, 2016 CO, different, heart, Makaela Powell, Parker, skin, treatment

Makaela Powell,
Parker, CO.

CHANGE COMES FROM DEEP WITHIN YOURSELF!!

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 arrested, change, cops, customer, Danielle Rosati, deep, double standard, Harlem, Hauppauge, ignorant, judge, kracker, NY, police, profiled, Rap, slaves, stereotype, thug, treatment, within

Danielle Rosati,
Hauppauge, NY.

I am tired of being blamed for blacks feeling not good enough. If you feel a certain way it’s within yourself. And only you can change that.

I’ve been pulled over for no reason !! Arrested .. I have felonies .. I’ve been hit and beaten by cops!! You want equal rights but special treatment ??!! It don’t go that way!!! If u walk in a black neighborhood you know you’re in a black neighborhood! Why? Cause it’s filthy and there’s spray paint all over buildings!

Rappers who are predominantly black rap about being a thug, gang banging, bi***es, drugs, and 22’s!! And then wonder why your profiled ?!! COME ON!! You wanna be treated a certain way act a certain way. I used to act like a thug too and it got me arrested and down a wrong path. Once I changed my life changed. It comes from within.

I also went to Harlem near 141st and Lenox. Which is mostly black. And guess what .. ? I was first in line and when the lady who was black came to the register she helped everyone else behind me who was black and would not take my order !!!! Don’t f***ing tell me white people are the only racists in this world!!! Take a good look within yourself. And stop making it seem like it’s only black people that are struggling!!! If I’m walking in a black neighborhood I gotta worry a lot more then any black person walking in a white neighborhood. I didn’t own any slaves. And neither did my mother or her mother before that and so on and so on!! It’s the past!! Leave it in the past. None of the black youth today were slaves either!! Keep calling each other n***** and see how much respect you get! U don’t see white people calling one another kracker!! Why? Case it’s ignorant to do so!!!!!!!!

Treat me like a white guy.

October 4, 2015October 4, 2015 Damon, treatment, USA, white guy

Damon,
USA.

I wish everyone was treated fairly

January 12, 2015 fair, Josh, NY, Syracuse, treatment, USA

Josh,
Syracuse, NY.

(It) was mean how they treated them

May 2, 2014 Brooklyn, mean, New York City, NY, Tarnyonoh Branch, treatment

Tarnyonoh Branch
New York City, NY
Brooklyn

Still have a long-way to go

April 21, 2014 black race, long way to go, N word, Nell Date, offended, respect, treatment, Trinidad

Nell Date
Trinidad

It hard to think after all this, the black race still call them self n*****. I find my-self as a black woman that we still lack the respect for ourself. May be some days we can be mentally free. No one talk about this any more it is sad that we hold this “N*****” mentality to each other are are highly offended when we are still treated the way we do.