I am a white guy bro.
Zachary, Mounte Pleasant, IA Not really. I guess what can I say? It’s pretty cracked being white and a guy. I feel like just by...
White Guy on Journey Toward Justice
John Reiff, Pelham, MA Like most White folks, I was oblivious to my White privilege for a large part of my life, even though I...
White folk need more Black friends.
Morgan Tyree, Powell, WY. Many Blacks have White friends and associates, most probably always have. But not so for Whites. If more Whites knew individuals...
Our tears aren’t for your consumption
Adrienne Davis, Durham, NC. I feel like white folks want to consume our pain and oppression but don’t want to commit to be accomplices in...
I can’t look away anymore. JUSTICE!
Beth Feagan, Berea, KY White folks have the luxury of not thinking about race, and that’s a problem. We are coded as “normal” or “default”...
All are precious in His sight.
Mary Haak, Orlean, VA I think we (white folks) must be afraid we’re going to be treated as poorly as we’ve treated everyone else once...
Whites are scared to be minority
Luis E. Pacheco, Ceiba, Puerto Rico. As a Puerto Rican in my mid-60s, who has lived two-thirds of his life in the Continental USA, it’s...
I’m Not African American, Just American
Davin Bjornerud, Menifee, CA. I don’t know why black folks in America want to be considered African American. There are many traits that make us...
Privileged whites must start the conversation
Marcia Ladd, Chapel Hill, NC. A group from my Presbyterian Church has been studying and talking about the black experience, white privilege and what we...
I awaken further to the pain
Kenzie Raulin, Silver Spring, MD. It gets harder and harder to awaken to the pain caused by ‘white’ folks, out of ignorance, pain, greed. It’s...
White folks get to be stupid.
Worokya Duncan, Ed.D., Saint Albans, NY. It grates on my nerves that white folks get to be stupid, and it turns into the fault of...
Not white enough and too white.
Maritza Aviles de Garcia, Dallas, TX. My entire life has been spent walking between two worlds, the predominantly white world outside of my home, and...
Whiteness is ace up your sleeve
Colette, Poughkeepsie, NY. As I was getting ready to upload my own statement about race, I noticed a posting that stated “(B)lacks are a one...
Why you white folks so scared?
Rah-Maat Ali Grand Rapids, MI Being that a large group of black people never unjustly attacked white people for being white, why are you so...
