Seventeen white and member of NAACP
Gordon McAlister Waconia, MN It’s the 60’s I’m white seventeen and a member of the NAACP It means I’m cool, enlightened, support the cause, and...
Black, not White, not Biracial!
Pamela Marshall Milwaukee, WI Life long experiences in dealing with racial ignorance is taking its toll. Being light enough that whites assume you are one...
White, raised in black community. Grateful.
Amanda Becker Clarksville, TN Race has been the dominant subject of my life. I am the only white person on my page in my Senior...
Do you date outside your race?
Toya James Albuquerque, NM I am first generation biracial Black/White, aka multiracial like everyone else if you go back far enough. Also: “Is your father...
I’m white, he’s black. So what?
Kim Pribanic Bozeman, MT He could be pink with purple polka dots and I wouldn’t care. Is he a good man? Does he treat me...
I’m biracial: yellow outside, white in.
Katherine Fogelberg Fort Worth, TX We talk about race as though it is only something on the outside – but I have fought my whole...
Biracial anxiety; black/white; both/neither?
Tracey Frierson North Ridgeville, OH Version 2: biracial anxiety; black/white; neither/both! I have two adult biracial daughters, three years apart, raised in the same home...
White is the default, isn’t it?
Robin V Bessemer, AL That man who helped me at the grocery store (meaning that white man) vs. that black man who helped me at...
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...
My kids: one white, one brown.
Sarah Day, Waynesboro, VA I have an adopted child and a biological child. My son looks Hispanic, Arabic, you choose. I fear for him, have...
But you aren’t white, are you?
Sally Oakland, CA I am white but I grew up in Alabama where my tan skin and my dark hair and eyes made everyone question...
Am white grandmother with black grandsons
Regina Wurst San Francisco, CA I am on a steep learning curve, but glad for the impetus of family that makes me stretch.
Southern White Male: America’s Most Discriminated
Jenn Jacksonville, FL I believe southern white males are America’s most discriminated against in reality. (I am not a white male.) For example, at my...
My white son could be Trayvon.
Lauren Klaus Habsburg West Bloomfield, MI I fear that my son, in his hoodie, slouching down the street, wandering aimlessly, could be mistaken for someone...
