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Don’t Judge Me By My Packaging

Robyn Smith West Jordan, UT

I’m Dutch-Indonesian. Why do you ask?

Jessica Stagg Heber, UT They’re eyes widened. “How..?” someone asked awkwardly. I laughed. It was a reaction that I was so used to whenever someone...

We define ourselves, not race.

10 years ago

Christian Rigby Heber, UT I believe that everybody has the potential to become the person they want to be. We should not let things like...

She is just a dumb blonde

10 years ago

Rachel Salt Lake City, UT Blonde hair and blue eyes must mean no brains, right? Despite having a college education, being an avid reader, having...

Race is not a good excuse.

11 years ago

Aaron Schow West Jordan, UT

A Black Man’s Smile Changed Everything

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Tom Edgerton St. George, UT

I’m from Utah, I’m not mormon

11 years ago

Hap Hannig Payson, UT

Black and white at their grayest.

11 years ago

Brelynn Evans Riverton, UT This sentence came from the idea of the phrases: “the difference between the two are black and white” and “the similarities...

Power, love, and a sound mind.

11 years ago

Ingrid Asplund Provo, UT This is from 2 Timothy and is a verse I always use as a resource during important or challenging moments of...

Change will take another generation

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David Bennett Park City, UT I am a criminal justice consultant. I was working in a major southern city and an elected official said to...

White skin means lack of heritage.

11 years ago

Laura Berbusse Salt Lake City, UT I feel like I neither have, nor have the right to have, a rich, cultural heritage. Further, I feel...

Time to use my “white” voice

11 years ago

Susan Cissoko Provo, UT In order to be as professional as I can be in the work place I feel I have to put my...

Middle-school fight, brown punished, not white

11 years ago

Tonia Torrence Salt Lake City, UT My six words are based on experience as a mediator for the juvenile Victim/Offender mediation program for the Salt...