Stop right there you little n******s!
Dale Jimison Henderson, TX This is what was said to me and my younger brother when we were kids all because we had approached a...
All it takes is one person.
Corey Davis San Antonio, TX I read through a lot of the post and had never planned to write anything myself, because what’s left to...
Mom soars! Not in their eyes.
Gracie Fleming Austin, TX My mother gave me an incredible prayer life, encouraged my intellectual development, and validated my intuition. But time and again I...
Freedom is not possible without slavery.
Bruce Cammack Lubbock, TX This is a quote from the Richmond Virginia Enquirer from 1856.
Professional black women are not angry.
Yolanda Owens Austin, TX Often times, when we respond and deal with conflict, we often get labeled as angry black women. This happened to Michelle...
I am NOT Anglo, I’m human.
Kara Frederick, MD This sentiment comes from living in Laredo, TX, where the town is 95% ethnically Mexican and very racist against anybody who is...
Leon. My last name shouldn’t matter
Matthew B. Leon El Paso, TX I was born and raised in the boarder city of El Paso, Texas. I would say 80% of the...
Wow, you speak real good English.
Karin Kross Levenstein Austin, TX Korean adoptee, adopted as an infant by white parents. “Are you Chinese? Japanese? What are you then?” Always weighing out...
My great great Grandfather saved you!
Michael Smith Waco, TX I am sick and tired of being called a racist because I am a white, young, male. My great great Grandfather...
I am more than you recognize.
Madeline Hsu Austin, TX As an Asian American woman, I am both stronger and more graced than registers at first glance.
