I am afraid of offending you.
Ellyn Ebersole, Martinsburg, WV. With the age of social media where it is silently stated that you have to “pick a side” in race relations...
Respect my fears. I’ll respect yours
Holly Burngasser, Inwood, WV I had the experience to going daily from my cushy white suburb into the black ghetto area of Cleveland. I could...
Braiding red bones and white blood.
Bari Goodblood Lehn Wetzel County, WV Born to a Santee Sioux mother and a German father in the Midwest. They met and married when she...
Overall loss of compassion and understanding
Tara Akins, Artie, WV Admitted racist here. You know what made me admit to this gut-churning truth? I stopped trying to make excuses for myself...
Colorblind bigotry, religion is shunned here
Jo Miller-Frost, Beckley, WV. I have been explicitly informed at work to not discuss my religious background with anyone, but my students, who have never...
Yes my brother Isaac is white
Aaron Huandi Hardy, Parkersburg, WV. I was adopted from China into a family with white and Chinese. My parents my brother and one sister are...
Don’t judge me by my color
Melanie Best, Princeton, WV. Everyday the color of my skin seems to negatively impact my life. I live in a very racist area, and while...
Appalachian oppression is a minority issue
Rebekah Epling, Ripley, WV. Appalachian people are treated in this country as second-class citizens. It is perfectly acceptable for mainstream media to characterize Appalachian people...
What’s wrong with the N word?
Ugo, Spencer, WV. Racism is a problem, I will admit that, but I also think that if black people don’t want to be called the...
Hillbilly White Trash? I’m Oxford educated.
C. B, WV. I grew up poor in a rural West Virginia. My race, the way I talk and where I’m from immediately make people...
We Hillbilles are people too, really!
Cathy Jo Deusenberry, Davis, CA. No matter where you land in life, if you come from the hills of West Virginia you will always be...
