Wisdom truth and beauty dwell in every human heart
Rhonda McGinnis, Wayne State “We come from every corner. We speak in every tongue. Brought here by a vision of what is soon to come....
Please stop trying to justify racism.
Harper Grey, Philadelphia, PA I see too many white people saying being white makes them a scapegoat, and complaining that everyone calls them racist “just...
Arab, not Muslim. Know the difference.
Alice Saidawi, San Francisco, CA. Often times when I tell people I am Arab or Palestinian, they often immediately assume that I am Muslim as...
Because I’m White, I’ll never understand.
Daisy Weeks, Colorado Springs, CO. Assumptions, with small grain of truth.
Griot’s love preserved unspoken unheard truths
Jimmie Jones Washington DC My father spent 30 years preserving the genealogy of our family through three generations. My early Summers were spent recording voices,...
I’m white. So you hate me.
Annie, Glen Burnie, MD. I keep seeing people saying fuck white people. I am anything but privileged. I had a black manager who hated me....
My mom and dad speak English!
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Both my parents grew up in Mexico. When people see me they think they have...
We cannot have honest productive discussions
Jay Tee, New York, NY. Seeing as many careers have been derailed, some high profile other less so, because of a hypersensitivity around candidly discussing...
We strive for the same things.
Tiffany Wysocki, Middletown, NJ. Monmouth University As I travel the world, I have found one truth: we are all innately equal in our drives and...
Being Mixed Doesn’t Define Cultural Identity
Morgan Engelhardt, Norfolk, VA. A lot of times I get shut down for calling myself Pacific Islander or Asian because I look white. The truth...
Teach the truth….THE WHOLE TRUTH!
M. D. K. C., Deep South, USA. At some point in history, the powers that be thought it best to skew history. I’m sure the...
Sad truth: racism is still alive
Javier, Roma, TX. I grew up in a little town in Mexico, near the border with the US, there was not as much cultural or...
