My kids, white, have better chances.
Burke Willis Austin, TX It’s not guilt. It’s not gloating. And it’s not just. It just is. For every white kid in the USA.
“Race card” is no longer disrespectful.
Lisa Stiles Drummond Taylor, TX I have been listening to Michele Norris on NPR for years. I have been uplifted and encouraged by listening to...
Collective black PTSD escalates perceived conflict.
Anonymous Dallas, TX As a teenager, I was a victim of an assault. For many years thereafter, I carried weapons. Whenever I spoke to anyone...
We don’t want your “White” America
Joel Wasinger Wylie, TX By all appearances, I’m “white” and I was raised in white middle class America. My biological father was Hispanic (my relatives...
Assimilation; there is no such thing.
Abel TX Speak English only they say. America is a melting pot; think American, be American. If you assimilate you will fit in and be...
Only proudly Mexican for scholarship purposes
Clarissa Galindo Richardson, TX Growing up in small town Texas, most people expected me to act a certain way just because of my heritage. I...
So, you do not practice Islam?
Afra Sumeir-Zmolek Grand Prairie, TX People see me without a head scarf, holding my American husband hand and my “white” son, normally people address my...
Only A Minority On College Applications
Sarah Nesbitt Dallas, TX I guess you could call this an epidemic of the current generation. Race is now often viewed as a factor to...
Why we need affirmative action today
Richard Young Dallas, TX Many people believe affirmative action programs seek to remedy past injustices in hiring. These programs help balance current discrimination practices, especially...
Blacks and whites are not opposite
Linda Starry Houston, TX I have been a teacher since 1974. My first year teaching was the first year of forced busing in Houston. My...
Are you half? No, I’m whole.
S. Belinda Rubio Lexington, KY I was at a gas station when the guy working the cash register asked me if I was half? His...
Let it go and I will
T. Parker Dallas, TX I pray for the day when I can walk into any store and get the same treatment as the people who...
