A White Guy Living In America
Zachary P, Davenport, IA I picked “A White Guy Living In America” because it sums up how I see myself and my experience with race....
Magnanimous old white dude making meaning
Charles A. Calahan, West Lafayette, IN Each of us needs time to develop across differences across our life span.
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...
Look, another stupid white guy commercial
Gary D Patterson Gastonia, NC Here comes the stupid husband, boyfriend, tradesman, etc. in a commercial. He is almost always white. Why?
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...
I cannot open carry and survive.
Durand, Stone Mountain, GA. Rights are completely equal in theory. But ill-advised in practice. Secondary essay: White guy. Crowded theater. Anybody scared?
You look too foreign for me.
Danielle Silver Forest Park, OH A white guy I liked told me this. I am white( German, Irish, Penn. Dutch), Hispanic, Native American. I used...
Who’s the white guy with Cameron
David Mercando, Norcross, GA This October my wife and I celebrate our 31st anniversary. We are a mixed race couple. I am white and my...
We’re all a minority of one.
Dan Rice, Ames, IA. As a 55 year old white guy in higher eduction I have been part of dozens of diversity awarness workshops. I...
Mom’s white. Dad’s black. I’m spotted.
William Jones, Reisterstown, MD. It’s Vitiligo. Yes, it’s what Michael Jackson had. It basically means the cells that make skin color stop doing that. All...
Black men obsessed with white girls
Andy Anglin, Cleveland, OH. Not really. Just that black men would sooner spit on a black woman and step on her throat if it meant...
Just an average, boring white guy.
Bradley Hogan, College Park, MD. I’m learning to recognize privilege and want to do what I can to even the playing field
Pretty fly for a white guy
Thomas Paine, Santa Barbara, CA. I don’t begrudge being white because I know the advantages it has afforded me. It just sucks being associated with...
I don’t need to feel proud
White Dude, White Area, USA. Well, to be honest, I’m not “proud” of being white. I’m not ashamed, I’m not proud. I don’t hang my...
Proud white son, loving Chicano family
JB Tellez, Seattle, WA. All my remembered life I have been fortunate enough to be raised by a loving chicano father (and grandmother, great grandmother,...
