Tammy Olney,
I see it, but I’m tired
Dustin Fife
Blanding, UT.
My other would have been…No one wins where I live.
White mother, Black daughter, Love Wins.
Julie Steele,
Lenexa, KS.
We are not blind, but we do believe that love will win. We will not lose our hope that in our home, in our community, in our schools, in our nation, love has to win.
Guessing my race isn’t a game
Sheila Islam,
Oakland, CA.
You do not win a prize if you get it right.
People hardly ever guess it right and thats not exactly the problem. The problem is, that when people do this, I feel objectified. I feel like my physical appearance is being ripped from me and being judged. I am so many other things besides my race. Don’t get me wrong. I love who I am and where my family is from, but that does not completely define me. I strongly identify with my racial make up mostly because people make me do that; because I receive different treatment because of my skin color and this different treatment makes me identify with it more strongly.
I just have a huge problem with race. If I say where my family is from people expect me to be an expert on those countries, countries I have either never been to or have spent random summer vacations at during my childhood. People then get disappointed in me if I am not an expert in all things Bangladeshi or Mexican. There is no winning. I just constantly feel othered. I feel like society is constantly pointing at me and asking “why?” I am exhausted of having to answer people’s questions. It is insulting. I was born in the United States. I am a U.S. citizen. I am a person. Let me exist without your obnoxious, seemingly innocent questions that make me feel like i’m less of person.
It’s only fair if I win.
Alfredo Fabrega
Scottsdale, AZ
After years of listening to rationalizations for success or failure, I’ve concluded that (regardless of race) we all feel that: “what’s good for me is good; what’s bad, evil.” Since we all have different interests, we’ll always be at odds.
Be yourself, lose. Be others, win!
Rowanne Moon So,
Campbell, CA.
This race card is most relatable to those who were born as a Caucasian individual. In the country we reside in, we are dominated by people with a white complexion and that seems to always win everything over all.
I see it, but I’m tired
Dustin Fife
Blanding, UT.
My other would have been…No one wins where I live.
No one wins the race alone.
Julie E. Clark,
Pullman, WA.
Many meanings to win, race and alone.
ANYONE can play the ‘race card’
Carl Poole
Norfolk, VA
I am sick of seeing so many people (primarily white people) on the news, in books, and on social media sites saying that people of color (primarily black people) always ‘play the race card’ to win points on issues of race. This thinking assumes that once a person of color falsely decries another of racism, there’s nothing they can say or do about it. I’ve even seen incidents where these co-called ‘victims’ of false accusation weren’t even called a racist, but somehow still felt slighted.
I’m sorry, but I have to question this insanity. Don’t these people know that falsely accusing others of playing the race card, in and of itself, is PLAYING THE RACE CARD? Please understand that I am not saying the people of color never cry ‘racism’ falsely. I am only saying that whites do it just as often. All of us need to learn to take our fingers off the trigger a little in discussions of race.
