Migrants in dinghies aren’t our enemies
Emily Jones, UK People in the UK can have the most horrendous attitude to migrants and refugees fleeing problems OUR COUNTRY CREATED in Africa, Asia...
I’m white. How can I help?
Anonymous, UK I feel that as a white American I have the ability to help and I want to help. I also feel that there...
I have an Indian accent, so?
Batul Roowala, United Kingdom Born and brought up in Mumbai.. I migrated to the U.K., working as a pharmacist, 18yrs ago. Still at times I...
Black teenage hoodie carried my case
Sylvia Potter, Uk The sort of appearance that you are supposed to be wary of. Politely offered to help, carried my case up the stairs.
Double standards and mutual racial fragility
Lily, UK I don’t understand why people on all sides of the racial debate, despite wanting equality, suddenly splutter and get defensive when people criticize...
The reparations will never end now
John, England Before I had any sense of nuance, I looked at race relations across the pond and here in the UK, the way the...
I’m so scared of being racist
Willow H., UK Since I can remember, I’ve been taught that a bigot was one of the worst things a person can be and I...
Fight the stereotype don’t blame others
Geri, UK If you want to be respected and if you want your skin colour to be respected – fight the stereotype, don’t pull the...
Call Me Irish, Not Just White
Rowen, San Francisco, CA. I was always close to my grandmother, although she died when I was pretty young -she made a big impression on...
My friend says I’m messed up
Hemma Jari, UK. There are less mixed race kids in the UK than in America. Although I live in Manchester, which is (outside of London)...
Education will bring “justice for all”!
Ann Altman New York City, NY “Liberty and justice for all”? Not until every child receives a good education.
Ask me about the cricket test
Michael Simpson UK If you want to hear that most quintessential of English race conundrums, then look no further than Norman Tebbit’s ‘cricket test’, A...
Best friend seventh grade was black.
John Fisher-Smith Ashland, OR . I immigrated from UK in 1939 when I was 12 1/2 years old and entered 7th grade in Huntington Long...
