Trust Archives - The Race Card Project

Trust where the wind takes you.

May 11, 2026 Lauren, Maple Valley, Trust, WA

Lauren,
Maple Valley, WA

Chicano, honor, loyalty, respect, trust, power

April 18, 2024April 22, 2024 CA, chicano, honor, loyalty, Omar Ortega, Pescadero, Power, respect, Trust

Omar Ortega,
Pescadero, CA.

Built on love but not trust.

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 america, built, foundation, Harrisburg, human, Jaylene Ortiz, life, love, PA, Trust

Jaylene Ortiz,
Harrisburg, PA.

America is built off of a foundation of love, but where is the trust? How much can we trust each other? The government? The people sent to help us? Who do you trust with your life? Can you think of anyone? Trust is a big part of America and human beings alone but do we still have it?

Trust the brother, distrust the other.

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Bert Olson, brother, CA, distrust, human nature, other, San Jose, Trust

Bert Olson,
San Jose, CA.

This is an observation on human nature, not confined to race. Humans tend to bond with people of similar appearance and background. It takes effort to understand the other.

Love everyone, trust few, hurt nobody.

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 bible, CA, everyone, Fess Makame Justice, Oakland, Shakespeare, Trust

Fess Makame Justice,
Oakland, CA.

This is a quote by Shakespeare who helped organize the Bible.

I’ll never fully trust white people

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 CA, Kelly M., Riverside, Trust, white people

Kelly M.,
Riverside, CA.

Because I’m balck I’m a threat

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Black, Black woman, Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown, single mother, threat, Trust, VA, Winchester, Zuanisha Jones

Zuanisha Jones,
Winchester, VA

I’m Zuanisha. I am from NJ currently in Winchester VA and attending Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown VA. I am a black woman and when I go onto a retail store or any store I feel like I am watched and followed. I am there to shop I am not there to steal or hurt anyone I would love to be looked at the same. I am a single mother and I would never risk anything from me being a mother. I am a black woman in America and I would love to be trusted until proven other wise.

Effortless indigenous in melanin we trust

October 5, 2021October 13, 2025 CA, indigenous, melanin, no fly, San Francisco, Trust

Ayvee Verzonilla,
San Francisco, CA.

Turning away costs us almost everything

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 cost, everythign, hope, Jessica H, nation, oppression, Seattle, society, Trust, WA

Jessica H,
Seattle, WA.

A society which chooses to live with such oppression and misery becomes a society without trust or hope: a nation of desperate confidence men hoping they too will not be nothing, despised, a thing without hope.

Trust me…I am a doctor

November 7, 2018August 31, 2021 AL, Auburn, Black, brown, doctor, Dr. Carmen Beverly, Trust

Dr. Carmen Beverly
Auburn, AL

Not your nurse, maid or clerk…really a fierce brown lady doctor trying to keep everyone well.

Trust me, it’s alive and well.

July 17, 2016July 18, 2016 alive, Baton Rouge, LA, Trust

Tee
Baton Rouge, LA

Your insecurities, limit my opportunities, STOP.

June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 Benjamin Macedo, CA, encourage, insecurities, Mountain View, opportunities, prejudice, racism, Trust

Benjamin Macedo,
Mountain View, CA.

Racism is largly due to the lack of trust amongst people. This feeling unfortunately tends to be distributed through media by presenting the negative relationships which encourage prejudice behavior.

I cant trust white people fully.

January 1, 2015January 5, 2015 deceptive nature, global destruction, Kalamazoo, MI, Mr.Jones, qualities, Trust, white people

Mr.Jones,
Kalamazoo, MI.

I feel that its very hard to trust white people due the their past/present, global destructive and deceptive nature. I know all white people aren’t bad but I feel that I have to be on guard when around them. I still see negative qualities in them that my grandad talked about from his young years..he’s 89 btw.

Mugged by black teens, trust destroyed.

August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 Alison Blomster, black on black crime, black teen, Ferguson Card, hoodies, Minneapolis, MN, mugged, stereotypes, Trayvon Martin, Trust

Alison Blomster
Minneapolis, MN

I think there are some healthy reasons why stereotypes of black male teens exist. After being mugged by 5 black teenage boys wearing hooded parkas, I can understand the fear that any other person, of any skin color could feel when confronted by a black male teen whose eyes cannot be seen. I am also sad and frankly, disillusioned that this same attention isn’t given to black teens who kill other black teens, which happens far more frequently. Why is that? To me this has turned into a race issue, when I think it’s really a gun issue.