Not white Superman complex. Just helping.
Irvin MacQuarrie Seattle, WA I’m white and I coach tennis and tutor at a urban high school that is probably best known for the number...
Only whites can truly ignore racism
Bjorn Leslie Harlson Seattle, WA For the longest time I was not fully aware of my own privilege. I would be one of those crying...
Good intent can still be racist.
Thomas Hei Newcastle, WA It doesn’t matter if one uses the N-word maliciously or benignly not intending to harm, it can still be racist. If...
Zimmerman verdict made me “the other.”
Christina Wong Seattle, WA I’m a second generation Asian American woman who married into a Caucasian family. I have always felt Americanized and never really...
Invisible “Whites Only” signs are everywhere.
David Moser Seattle, WA My own wrestling with the meaning of the Zimmerman verdict has reminded me of this passage from James Baldwin’s A Talk...
Racist because my skin is white?
Cynthia Fine, Spokane, WA. Living in a part of the country that is predominately white I’ll confess to racial ignorance or naivety, but does that...
I would have pulled the trigger.
Alex Seattle, WA I’m a short biracial woman. I would never have followed Trayvon. But if it went down like the jury thinks it went...
These are my children, enough said!
Jill Dziko Vashon, WA As the white mother of 4 children of color, I am constantly being asked if they are my kids. When they...
Illegal immigration: dislike behavior, not people.
Anthony Ricotta Vancouver, WA I have a really hard time with this issue because people seem to assume my objection to the behavior/action of illegal...
Quarter black, look asian, passe native.
Anne Guillory Thom Vancouver, WA Don’t feel comfortable in ethnically oriented gatherings, except in Louisiana.
Why don’t you want to assimilate?
Yvonne C. Montoya Zamora Cheney, WA Asked by a white male during a roundtable discussion on race during a diversity retreat several years ago. He...
You mean to say Native American
Swapnil Deopurkar Seattle, WA I moved from India to Ann Arbor, Michigan; age 26, male, long hair, parted down the middle and with a pony...
Hawaiians? Did you swim to school?
John Book Pasco, WA In my experience as someone who is part-Hawaiian, I’ve found that the stereotypes of what I am and where I’m from...
“Our race doesn’t matter. Stop asking.”
Sile Grace Seattle, WA Said by my Appalachian granny every time I asked what race we were (everyone asked ‘what’ she was). I don’t know...
