Acknowledging and understanding my white privilege
Lauren Michaels, Poolesville, MD As a white individual, I have learned to identify my privilege in order to recognize what I have, and use that...
What frightens us about people’s differences??
John Howard Faultersack, San Antonio, TX. Everyone is prejudiced, but racists do it on purpose, and I’ve never understood why.
You’re not Spanish, you wouldn’t understand.
Sean Patrick Nicholl, Storrs, CT. Heard it plenty of times… I mention that my first name is after my grandfathers; John… y Juan. That stops...
I don’t understand, lets love instead
Megan, KY. Where to start. I have no clue. I guess I’ll start with some background about myself. I am a person full of love...
Understand that you will never understand
Rafael, Lake Forest, CA People will never understand the hardships and stress racism brings on people.
Interculturalist. Asian-American. Woman. Mother. Writer.
Jennifer Ghymn, Wyomissing, PA. The individual filters of race, ethnicity, society and family impact the way we interact and engage with the world to shape...
I don’t understand why race matters.
Jennessa Cairo, Los Angeles, CA. I believe it’s important to know who we are, and to learn and respect our cultures all over the globe....
White male trying to be accountable.
Skyler, Vancouver, WA Autistic, raised Islamic, and traveled the world. Still learning to be humble and understand the privilege I was born with, and will...
We gay Muslims aren’t accepted anywhere.
Dawud Moore, Flushing, NY. Thrown off rooftops in Syria, blatantly insulted and threatened in New York, suspicious sneers, and parents moving their children away from...
People fear what they don’t understand.
Lauren Vorbeck, Leawood, KS I choose to believe that when people understand the differences, they are less afraid to reach out to someone new. Our...
Thirdculture and don’t understand white culture!
Kit Robison, Doral, FL. I am most comfortable when the primary language is other than English. People assume I understand when they hear a lack...
Old, white, but beginning to understand
Ray Alonzo, St. Louis, MO I am 70, white, and a retired educator of college and high school-age students. During my years in the classroom,...
What nationality are you anyway?
Kristina, Zion, IL. I’m multiracial, which caused an identity crisis in my teens. I was never enough of one race or the other to really...
You just don’t understand do you?
Lexi Sieloff, Shelby, MI I think that many times people categorize too much and try to think they know everything, which is not always the...
“Basic white girl, you’ll never understand.”
Rebecca Robrahn, Holland, MI. No matter how much I try to learn and read and participate in conversations, I’m told I can’t understand, will never...
