White couple adopts four brown Brazilians.
James F. New Haven, CT A few years ago we adopted four beautiful children from Brazil. Their skin is darker than ours. We also have...
Tan skin, hazel eyes, long hair
Kat Baltimore, MD My mother is black and my father is white. Out of their children, I am the lightest & whitest looking. Plenty of...
White. I have the power. Wrong.
Mark Joseph Runge St. Petersburg, FL I am a white guy married to a Blacktina woman. Sure, as I white and male person I have...
Weathly White Guy. Sorry. My Bad.
Richard Rochester, NY Born poor. Struggled to make it. Became successful. Hurt no one. The American Dream. I am not evil or greedy, just good...
Chinese daughter made me see ‘white.’
Kristina K. Albuquerque, NM Perhaps it takes a directly personal experience to be willing to see white privilege. We are a mixed-race family. My husband...
She’s nothing, but poor white trash…
Patricia Richardson Sacramento, CA Came from a VERY poor family mother w/8 kids on welfare. I heard those words so many times growing up “I...
I bet they’re good at math.
Steve Titterton Lindenwold, NJ I’m white, and the father of two Asian children. Went into that thinking that race was irrelevant if I thought so,...
Disagreeing with Obama makes me racist?
Cynthia Ruccia Columbus, OH I am white but Jewish, and I grew up in a time when the Jews were barred from many many things...
Black babies cost less to adopt
Michelle P. Covington, LA We decided to adopt a child years ago. We are not infertile, but felt like it was a great way to...
Ancestral sins, from which I’ve benefited
David Young Madison, WI So far as I know, my ancestors all came from Europe too late to have owned slaves. But I’ve benefited in...
I’m so white I’m clear. Boring!
Rhonda Fink Reno, NV When I was 12 I got arrested in a Civil Rights march. I always felt so guilty that my mom was...
White, red-headed, looked at suspiciously.
Belinda Spinosi Columbus, OH From “Dr.” Laura stating red heads are genetic mistakes, retail stores tailing you, men thinking you are a different species to...
