Rose colored veil of white privilege
Bill Lee, Simi Valley, CA. I was raised seeing the world through the rose colored veil of white privilege. I now know this. Spoiled and...
Black women will not become extinct
Sonja Williams, Bellwood, IL As a black woman I continue to see the not so subtle messaging in media and advertising often portraying black women...
This country belongs to Native Americans.
Lewis Hernandez, Milwaukee, WI. White people, raped, murdered and stole this country from the American Indian. Now it’s one America. One white. One Black. One...
If oppressed here, why not leave?
Dee Johnson, New York, NY. To start, I should say that I do not think that African-Americans should leave America. I think that the U.S....
White America Has Lost Too Many Jobs
David Johnson, Chicago, IL. As a Black man when I saw a lot of empty storefronts inside of the strip malls throughout Chicago’s suburbs, I...
Ashamed to be a White American
Maria, Lakeland, FL. I’m Italian, so have to identify as white. Do I stand with ‘Christian white America’? No. Race, orientation, even hair color are...
Embarrassed to be a white American
Jim Glazar, Goodyear, AZ. I think it is sad that white Americans think that all minorities will treat whites the way that whites have treated...
Coconut. Brown outside and White inside.
Yvonne Rosenberg, Sioux Falls, SD. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Tx. Raised by Mexican American Grandparents who grew up in a generation where Spanish...
Race envy on school’s cultural day
Andrea Krida Goff, Providence, RI. I’m a teacher in a wonderfully diverse urban high school in Providence. Every year during Spirit Week, one of the...
