Race matters I wish it didn’t.
Vicki Meek, Dallas, TX. As a child of civil/human rights activists, I’ve spent my life fighting for social justice. I must admit, I never expected...
Sometimes I wish I wasn’t white.
Darcia Schweitzer, Columbus, WI. When I feel guilt related to the white privilege I experience, I sometimes wonder if the only way to truly eliminate...
White. Wish I had a culture.
Jan Spooner, Tucson, AZ. As a white American, I don’t have a strong feeling of culture. My African American, Jewish, Native American and Hispanic friends...
I shouldn’t have to write this sentence.
Lindsay Svendsen, DeKalb, IL. This project is amazing, but I wish things like this did not have to exist in order for so many to...
“I wish I had my n*****-shooter”
Julian Riggs Smith Durham, NH Growing up in a little town in Louisiana during the Second Word War, I found nothing strange about the fact...
So wish it didn’t matter still.
Sharla Yeutsy Urbandale, IA I’m a white 73 year old grandmother of seven who has always lived in the midwest. I am grateful that I...
I wish I had AP classes
Ashley Smith Davis, CA Even in my Junior year of college, I hear about how my friends took a whole bunch of AP classes and...
Strangely jealous of my white friends.
Jonathan Vaughters Atlanta, GA Not jealous in the ‘I wish I was white’ way, jealous of the ease of movement through life that whiteness often...
Ever wish you were not Black?
Jerome Tilghman El Paso, TX When I was young, I remember days when I wished I wasn’t. Anglos seemed to have the best of everything...
