My white guilt is all gone.
Caryn Boddie,
Littleton, CO.
I’m a goodhearted person who has always been extremely sensitive about people being treated unfairly. I’ve always stood up for people to be valued and respected individual to individual. The renewed focus on race is very sad and I’m done with caring. By the way: I wrote this, “Racism is garbage. DO NOT recycle. Just toss it.” Please STOP RECYCLING old garbage. If you’re focusing solely on race and seeing everything through it, you are just giving new life to an old evil.
Your father is not good enough.
Arlene Arias,
Waterbury, CT.
As an adult, I am an educator and social worker who fights for equality and promotes the value of diversity.
You Still Have Value in USA
Berenice Folks,
El Paso, TX
It’s too weird how people who seem to be the same race as you (Mexican) behave in an aggressive way.
I have gone to a same gas station a couple of times where a lady who looks Mexican and speaks Spanish works, she attends people with a bad face but with a friendly tone, but the moment she looks at me she makes an annoyed face and when is my turn she speaks to me in aggressive way and answers to me in English even though I asked her in Spanish. Every time I’ve been there she behaves the same way but the last time I answered her in English without thinking about my pronunciation so that she knows I understood her.
My point of view is that we should not allow such actions to make us feel less valuable than others.
I remember the words of my previous teacher (Ms. Janeth) she said to our class: You are not retarded because you don’t know English guys, you are real and intelligent who also think and have reasoning. English is just a language and that should not make us feel less valued by the bad behavior of others.
I’m one of the good ones
Abraham Sanchez,
Palo Alto, CA.
Just cause I don’t act the same as other Mexicans does not define my moral value. You don’t say that to someone who looks like you right?
Uniquely Made, The American Girl Today
Christina Rains,
Riverside, CA.
French, Indian, Mexican, Dutch, but American?
It is quite clear that you cannot judge individuals by their color. Race in reality just identifies where your family has lived and what part of the world you are from. Throughout my life, I have been called “white girl” but in reality, this categorization is far from the truth. Both sides of my family are trilingual (speaking French, Spanish, and English), and yet my great grandparents and grandparents chose to assimilate by not continuing to teach their native languages. Despite the assimilation, I am proud to be an American. As a result of the loss of my family’s native languages I have never mastered Spanish, much to my disappointment. I have been frustrated with the association of the term “white” since the term now seems to be synonymous with the term racist or prejudice. I feel that this is unfair since many individuals that are categorized as white are not racist or prejudice. Many individuals seem to have forgotten the America has been striving through the education system and legal system to establish equality for all races. Although America is still working towards equality, equality is finally within our grasp. I am excited to be part of the race card project, so that I can make a difference and stand up for racial equality and universal value for human life. It is important to realize that God created all individuals equally and in His image. Thus, who are we to judge others by their race whether Latino, Asian, African American, or White.
HIS311 CBU!
Something so important, but also not.
Sheri Baxter,
Washington, DC.
Race and identity are things that are so essential and important to who you are as a person. But also it’s not. Because when we meet people, friend people, love people, help people, work with people….those who live without hate and bias do all of these things without any consideration of race. We love the person. We value who they are.
I’m not Black, I’m Human first!
Alieu Nyassi,
Pittsburgh, PA.
We judge people by their race not the face that we are human first before any thing else. We have to value the fact that we all breath, drink and eat the same time of air, water and foods. We may differ from cultural norms and values.
I don’t consider you a Hispanic.
Ruth Santiago,
Rochester, NY.
A very close long time friend said this to me. I was totally taken off-guard. I asked for an explanation. She stated, “the fact that I came from a home with both parents, parents who loved us, encouraged education, and values”. It actually made me angry to realize that this is the sort of thinking people have of others who are of a different race. We did remain friends none-the-less, and learned much from each other.
I am black and a target
Chris Porter,
Seattle, WA.
It is hard for me to think about living in a country where my life seems to have little value. It is hard to think about living in a country that is the envy of so many around the world and yet I am not part of that envy. It is hard to live in the country of my north where my death is assured to be violent. I am a target.
Why is my life worth more?
Jasmine Balsalobre,
Oviedo, FL.
My appearance does not determine my morals, my passions, my hobbies, my opinions, or my relationships, so how can it determine my value as a person? Why do I get to feel safe when I see a police officer while others, similar to me in all but skin color, fear for their lives and hold their loved ones a little closer?
We All Bleed the Same Color!
Curtis Bleaux,
New Orleans, LA.
People value nationalities, the privilege & the poverty struck. But we should value the Respect Value giving everyday by our peers, coworkers and society we live in… All our bones are white with red blood when exposed… Stop degrading one another based on pigmentation it’s only skin. We are Humans on Planet Earth!
Affirmative action beneficiaries: mostly not poor
Nathan Whitelight
USA
Liberals arguing for racial preferences in our government always give a sob story about a minority who grew up in the ghetto, unlike the Whites all of whom must have been middle class. This simply isn’t an accurate picture of the typical affirmative action beneficiary, most are themselves the children of middle class parents, often who have gone to college themselves. If the desire behind affirmative action is to help the impoverished that could easily be done. That isn’t the desire. The desire comes from people putting a greater value on Black skin.
Color of skin has no value
Sura Tewolde
Menlo Park, CA
I just feel that whether your skin is white, black, yellow, blue, green, whatever! Your skin color should not make you any more important, superior, valuable, desirable, etc. than anyone else. It should not determine whether you will be a doctor or a garbage man. It should not define what kind of person you are mentally, or behaviorally. It should not be ignored, but embraced, no matter what color you might be.
Why doesn’t my ethnicity have value?
Harry Bulkeley
Galesburg, IL
We don’t pick our race or our ancestors. Mine began coming to this country in 1635. They founded Concord, MA and one was the master mason on Old North Church. Some left the colonies because they were persecuted for being loyal to the king. Some were canal boat captains. One sold wood to a U.S. prison. Many farmed small farms to feed their families. Some fought for slavery. A few owned slaves. But in all the discussions of the race card, no one seems to be interested in the story of plain old, vanilla WASPS. I didn’t choose my ethnicity but I am just as proud of it and shaped by it as anyone who has participated in the project.
