Their Mormon ancestor’s genealogy was “mysterious.”
Judith McConkie, Salt Lake City, UT. The sentence describes our family’s conflicted past. As liberal Democrats in the 1970s my husband and I considered the...
Privilege is Ability to Choose Blindness
Hannah Oh, Provo, UT I grew up thinking that “colorblindness” was laudable. To be colorblind was to be “not a racist”. When people brought up...
I see it, but I’m tired
Dustin Fife Blanding, UT. My other would have been…No one wins where I live.
I only had white Barbie dolls.
Sydney, Logan, UT Why did I only have white Barbie dolls? And why don’t they have nipples?
What does color say about intentions?
Harlee Woods, Vernal, UT I have never really understood why the color of people’s skin would affect the way that they act. This summer I...
A culture lost. Lost within me?
Leah Pepion, Kaysville, UT. Slowly, generation by generation my Blackfeet culture is being lost, stolen, given up, handed over. Will the Native American culture be...
I always think “don’t be threatening”.
Kevin Moses, Logan, UT. As a 6’3″, young, Black man, at all times I am painfully aware of my presence in a room and the...
Who we were vs now
Ricky, Salt-Lake City, UT I am proud to be black yet I am embarrassed by other black sometimes. I have been fired many times just...
But, Why can’t you speak Spanish?
Tiffany Higbee, Logan, UT I’m mixed. I have a mother from Peru and a father from Idaho. I was born and raised here in the...
Thank you for pointing that out.
Lani Broederlow, Salt Lake City, UT. I am Polynesian. I have been told that my appearance does not reflect my last name. It is of...
I’m done with all the fights
Cara, UT. I have been having debates with my husband for a long time. We have spoken about how there is trained racism and acknowledge...
America’s Dominant Race is HUMAN Race
Sarah Sanchez, Midvale, UT. I am Hispanic, black and European but you couldn’t tell by looking at me and I am okay with that. I...
I didn’t choose to be white
Amelia, Salt Lake City, UT I understand that I am nothing. I’m a worthless piece of trash, a waste of a human life. There are...
White, Lds, conservative, republican, Anti politicaly corect
Liana, Salt Lake, UT I have ancestors from scandinavia
My fear exceeds yours, white people.
Kokujin Cameron Salt Lake City, UT When I was in kindergarten and in class, I had to use the restroom. The teacher had forgotten and...
