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Mississippi-1950’s; a lifetime of Unlearning

Mama said, It's alright, take it.

Hillbilly - the wrong kind of white.

Afraid to mention the colour ‘black’.

Officer why were we pulled over?

Taunted by Whites for being untanned.

Judge not, lest ye be judged

American Indians still exist. We're strong.

Was your dad in the war?

Hard to live up to yellow

FORCED here. BUILT America. NO Equality.

Ivy League, Indian Asian American aspiration

My white advantage is an embarrassment

Altering historical truth enslaves us all

You're in America now, speak English

Seasonal confusion; your problem not mine

Caucasian in Hawaii, treated as outsider

The Oneness of Humanity is transformational.

Gee you’re smart for a Maori

Ugly, Invisible, Accused of Insanity

White collar racism against Asian females

What is a mad black woman

Loving another human without judgement.

Name of cemetery doesn't change history

Using my race and womanhood as leverage!

Invisible Black woman, microscope on me

How did you get a boy?

Bless Black Skin and Blue Uniforms

Judge by character, not by color.

I was always different growing up

Was known The Whitest Black Girl

I do not understand whats race

Uniquely Made, The American Girl Today

Bicultural and Bilingual should be enough.

Your German parents started the war

Don't waste your time on college

Wearing your difference on the outside.

We can always change the channel.

Boy From America's Heartland, Indian American

Searching for a way to feel

More Than Just a White Male

Yes I take up space, and?

Hmong American muaj lub siab tawv

These People want too many rights

My African Curls, Scottish White Skin

Ownership of historic racism helps heal

Being Christian and racist is an oxymoron.

Irish descent, why hate me blacks?

Immigrant they don't tell to leave

My ancestors? Forgotten. Wish that’d change.

Only one race. Unified human race.

You're Indian. Do you speak Indian?

Race is beautiful! Racism is learned.

There should be more black physicists.

Embedded fear of most black males

Not resolved until white people change.

Wrestling with race is lifelong work.

Passed for White; woke to shame.

I wish I hadn't said that....

Old, white, but beginning to understand

Wow you speak english very well!

More to me than you think

Whites: reject guilt and self-hatred.

I was fragile now I’m stronger!

Rene's Mom said she couldn't come....

My tastebuds tell me I'm Japanese

Where are all the basketball courts?

Your family's not inbred...are you?

Like you, gingers do have souls.

Do you have a foreign name too?

I don't care about blacks anymore.

Damn Yankees don't go back home

I believe in the hyphen!

It's who we are on Earth

Equality, color doesn’t matter, peace, acceptance

Shouldn't Christ's Church be more colorful?

Homo sapiens; are we getting closer?

Despite our privilege, we are killed.

First Black Female Air Traffic Controller

Pride/relief for my childhood hometown.

Native Education: Moving beyond the Asterisk*

Southern farm raised, doesn't mean hate

White, Not allowed to be proud

Indian-American but live like white

Black Guy In A Crazy World

Passing under streetlights... shouldn't we nod?

The ocean does not see race.

Black man loves fried chicken watermelon

While there's no finishline: Americans All

Privileged, What exactly does that MEAN?!?
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Michele Norris' address at Sacramento State's Convocation
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"We are seventh graders at High Tech Middle Media Arts striving for change, so silence is not an option."
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