I’m white. Don’t assume I’m racist.
Beth Secor Houston, TX This situation I am going to describe happens to me relatively frequently. Another white person, more often than not a stranger...
Angry I’m unforgiven because I’m white
Teresa Pinnell TX Slavery and all the rest is wrong – I never agreed with any of it. But I feel the anger and resentment...
Too mixed too choose just one!
Tess Escoto, Citrus Heights, CA. My roots are in Texas and Mexico. While some may look at me and say that I appear to be...
Never know when I will offend.
Kate Venta Dallas, TX I’ve had several experiences talking to black friends, and I say something that I never would think would offend them.
Remember whites have died for blacks
Philip Bailey Euless, TX With all the anger blacks direct toward whites about racism the black community seems to forget that whites have died for...
Despite effort, never a black friend
Randell L. McKenzie, M.D. Dallas, TX I am white, 62 years old and am considered “too liberal” by white friends and family. My life has...
Different countries, different people, ALL one.
Su Stevens Dallas, TX I spent the first 24 years of my life in Mississippi. My father was from New Orleans and my mother was...
Became Doctor though told couldn’t happen
Taliba James, Houston, TX. “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.’ Anais Nin
Are You Just Black or African?
Vanessa Uzoh Dallas, TX My freshman year of college was the first time I actually had to think about how identified myself within my own...
Race is not a card game.
J.C. Dade Houston, TX When I listened to the President of the United States speak of having being profiled because he was Black, I recalled...
“What are YOU doing here?”
Glenn Dixon Ft. Worth, TX Those were the words that opened my eyes to the state of racism in America. At the time, I was...
Frustrated with the Concept of Race
Riad Nassar Austin, TX Up until 9/11 race wasn’t something I ever thought. I didn’t look at my Hispanic friends as Hispanics nor were my...
What if america enslaved white people?
Mark McLemore Austin, TX I wonder how white people would perceive race, poverty, judicial discrimination, permanent underclass, drug abuse, lack of access to affordable healthcare,...
Once comfortable, now uneasy, often distrusting
Channey Johnson Dallas, TX I did everything that I thought you should do to live a comfortable life. I went to bed at reasonable hours...
I am color blind, are you?
Gregg Welpe Royse City, TX I was born with color blindness, so my perspective has always been skewed. Yet, it has opened my eyes to...
