Kofi is a fake white man!
fakeKofi M. G. W. Opantiri, Los Angeles, CA. I am the eldest child of two boys and a girl born to an American-African father and...
Being a non-racist straight white man
Kenton Skiba, Flagstaff, AZ There is a stereotype put with being a straight white man that we are all racist. For the most part, I...
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’m a white man. The villain.
ERIC JAROCH, Canby, OR My wife is Puerto Rican and a former Director of Software Engineering. I’ve watched her struggle her whole career in a...
Easy Acknowledging Privilege, Hard Surrendering It
Jason Snyder, Staten Island, NY As a middle aged white man, if I’m wearing the right costume and assume the right attitude, I can go...
Hatred hurts the hated and hater
Dan Creamer, Sandpoint, ID. I grew up in the Jim Crow South. Being white I always felt both guilty and angry about the way black...
Rich white straight man who tries
Bill Thomas, United Kingdom I don’t know if it’s even ok to say this, but I am so tired about feeling embarrassed for the race...
The confederacy did not raise me.
Emily, Philadelphia, PA. I am a white American. My family is here because the Turkish government was committing genocide against Anatolian Greeks in the early...
More Than Just a White Male
Rylan A Brooks, Mount Joy, PA I have never been discriminated against in my life, based on my skin color and my gender. I have...
Ownership of historic racism helps heal
Pamela New, Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, VI From an upbringing in Apartheid South Africa where I became involved in the Struggle (so much less ‘skin...
Difference between Phillando and me? Nothing.
Barry, MN. As a black man, who – though I hate the phrase, acts very “white”, I feel as though you have act a certain...
Black And White Together Always Better
Mike Magee, Baton Rouge, LA Being a 60 year old white man my live would not be as full and joyful without my black friends.
White Male Teacher Looking to Help
Newo Zoils, Minneapolis, MN. I understand that as a white male in America I have in many unconscious ways perpetuated racism. I and my family...
Little brown girl, white man’s world
Beatriz Mallory Newfoundland, PA My father was one of the first black men to work at IBM in the late 50’s; my mother a Puerto...
