Don’t assume I know your story
Lilliane Webb Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
White male, can I ever understand?
Ron Gaynier Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
White privilege mostly invisible to whites.
Shawn Jackson Ann Arbor, MI Understanding race Project- University of Michigan Too many confuse class struggle with racial privilege and it causes them to deny...
What is your race? Check one.
Destiny Carter Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan I feel that the institutional concept of race often forces people to identify with...
Why must I see someone’s color?
Karen Travis Tecumseh, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan I worked diligently to raise my children not to see the “color” of any person....
Seen first, no insight into person
Sharon Jessee Murfreesboro, TN Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
Shapes my experience, doesn’t define me
Roger Fisher Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
Diversity leads to discovery of self
Ora Pescovitz Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
Stop using race as a reason
Jacob Swart Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
Social constructions blind us eternally.
Ariella Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
Race is not just black or white.
John Vacaville, CA Understanding Race Project, University of Michigan
Heritage Day? I am a mutt.
Christina Vallem Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan When the elementary school holds a Heritage Day my kids would ask me “What...
In a survival state exclusion dominates
Ava Dupre Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan When my belly is full of food and my needs are met, everyone has...
Everywhere, yet not even skin deep
John Carson Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
No, where are you actually from?
Aliza Hirani Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan I am a Pakistani-American, born and raised in Texas. When people ask me where...
Humans’ DNA is 99% the same.
Brian W. Collins Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan Race: Race is not a defining characteristic. I’m biracial. I don’t half matter.
Stop using race as a reason
Jacob Swart Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project, University of Michigan
White-washed picket fences and bodies
Sarah Goomar Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
