My Face Judged Before My Voice
Kaia Van-Seng, Santa Rosa, CA My identity is something I take seriously. It shapes who I am and how I interact with the world. So...
Sometimes we should just listen quietly.
Lucas Sullivan, Christiansburg, VA Michele’s presentation on the Race Card Project had me in a tizzy for days thinking of what I could say. What...
You’re just a whitewashed privileged Mexican
Mikaela Vera, Greensboro, NC I have always struggled with the color of my skin and the fact that I am a mixed child with an...
Oh I see, you’re Mr. Crawford.
Emmett Crawford Jr., Detroit, MI. Because of my resume and my phone voice, I was given an interview for a job.
My voice is always hidden away.
Brandy Roberts, Cottonport, LA. I am a loving mom of 2 beautiful kids. I am proud to be white, and I can not voice that...
Race is important, Love is Necessary
Delaina Peek, Sarasota, FL. One’s culture and Race is important and defining, but Love overcomes all and we all are the voices of Love
Our silence will not protect us.
Allison G. Hawthorne, York, PA. We all have to get up walk out our front doors and stand up and speak out, so our voices...
Be A Voice For Other People
Sydney Turnmire, Fleetwood, NC Wilkes Community College. Be a voice for other people. Stand up for others. Be kind to others. Help others out. Be...
MY VOICE DOESN’T MATCH MY APPEARANCE
Ciandra, Denver, CO . Black people are not monolithic. We are a diverse group of individuals with different experiences. I grew up in Colorado and...
Privileged quadroon not passing for white.
Kailey Irene Kaes, Englewood, CO My mixed family of color and the white folk who married into it gave me the only culture I know....
I’m much more than my accent
Franchesca Guzman, Bronx, NY When I introduced myself to new people they might just get stuck in my accent, but I am so much more...
Without my mask, I get ignored.
Cat Washington DC If I speak in my normal voice, I get ignored and spoken over. If I speak loudly, people look embarrassed (but they...
Use privilege to give a voice to others
Isabelle Norconk, San Diego, CA. As a white woman, I don’t experience the struggle and discrimination that other men and women of minority groups feel....
I am feared yet I’m fetishized
Elijah L Wheeler, Gaithersburg, MD. I’m a big Black man that can feel the fear of others as I enter their spaces, yet I also...
