Angry, confused, shocked, disoriented,worried, and aware
Steven O’Neal, Dallas, TX. Discrimination is still happening today and it will never stop
REMEMBER–For WHITE patrons only
Mary Smith, Fort Collins, CO. “Growing up in southeast Texas, I went to segregated schools until high school – Junior year. Laundromats and water fountains...
Not white enough, not Asian enough.
Robert Zeboski, Autin, TX. I am born from a Japanese father and an Irish German mother. I was adopted by my Polish step dad years...
Am I Black Enough For You?
Katherine Barrax, Sherman, TX. I grew up in a house with parents who both went to college. I was reading before I entered kindergarten, and...
I love being a black MAN!
Larry W Mitchell, San Antonio, TX. Query history for the past 50 years. Each decade a Black Man is the most adored, amired and awe...
Minorities commit majority of crime. Why?
DMC, Mineral Wells, TX. Who’s fault is it? I was a criminal but “chose” not to be. Am I a minority or white? Stop! Embrace...
Race matters I wish it didn’t.
Vicki Meek, Dallas, TX. As a child of civil/human rights activists, I’ve spent my life fighting for social justice. I must admit, I never expected...
I fear for my family’s wellbeing.
Shannon M., Killeen, TX. My fiance is black. My son is mixed. At THREE years old my son has already encountered racism. Every time my...
I couldn’t rub the black out
Ima Oduok, Houston, TX. As a bi-racial child who grew up with her white family, I always wanted to look more like them. When I...
What are you? I am Other.
Barbara Racca, Austin, TX. When I was younger, that question would immediately cause my shoulders to hunch and a look of hunted suspicion to cloud...
We don’t let n****** shop here.
Nzingha Shakur-Ali, Dallas, TX. First week of college, 1999, Abilene Texas. went to an off the way antique shop. The store owner didn’t want me...
Blacks prejudice against Hispanics school children
Anna Hill, Dallas, TX. I assist Hispanic school children with their homework after school. They bring their issues to me and the majority are black...
Black men make great dads too!
Christopher Brown, Dallas, TX. I’m here to spite all those who reference black men as useless, dead-beat or otherwise absent when it comes to fatherhood....
Hey Dominicans! You too are black.
Cristina Reyes, Houston, TX. I chose the six words I wish I could go around the streets of Santo Domingo yelling. I have never understood,...
