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Jeanne Torma- All people are unique human beings.

All people are unique human beings.

I met my first Black person in college where I was luckily free of preconceived notions having grown up in a small all white town where race wasn’t even part of the discussion. Naive? Absolutely! Willing to be open minded and learn? Certainly. I have learned and experienced more in the past 40 years than I ever could have imagined–about myself and others with

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Pehobe Ruona, All 5th Grade Girls Except Mavis

All 5th Grade Girls Except Mavis

I went to a little 2-room country school in MN. There were 3 black kids in our school. Mavis was in 5th grade with me. My parents threw a surprise party for me and invited all the 5th grade girls except Mavis. I remember being angry and sad that she was left out, and I knew it was because of her skin color. I

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Tom Gail- Over the Phone All Was Normal

Over the Phone All Was Normal

Mantorville is a small town of appox ~1100 located about 20 minutes west of Rochester Mn, or about 1 hour south of the twin cities. Charming little town that’s been around since the area was first settled in 1854 and has been the county seat since those days. If you’re ever here, be sure to visit the Hubbell House.

In perhaps my best “Paul

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Jeri Owens- A person of color, though white.

A person of color, though white
I had, as you mentioned in the evening CSU Sacramento lecture, parents that did not weigh me down with their “rocks.” My father, at 14, was imprisoned on a grand theft felony conviction. After he was released from prison, he chose to rise above his circumstances and become a “clean” and successful administrator in the USAF Civil Service. Until your lecture, I did not

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Simone Pratt- Although it divides, I find beauty.

Although it divides, I find beauty.
I can talk about race all day… I work in multicultural advertising so it’s what I do, but outside of work as well… Some context on my 6 words: Race is something that puts us in boxes in our society (“talking Black”… “Acting White”… “Black music”… on and on), however race and our differences are so beautiful to me. I LOVE my culture. I

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VIDEO- Michele Norris in conversation with Kerri Miller

Watch clips as author and NPR host Michele Norris talks with MPR News host Kerri Miller about race, family and Norris’ memoir, “The Grace of Silence”.

Watch the full broadcast here.

 

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Sacramento Bee- A conversation with NPR’s Michele Norris

A conversation with NPR’s Michele Norris

By Allen Pierleoni
apierleoni@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 1D

Michele Norris answered the phone in her home in Washington, D.C., sounding like someone distracted by a household chore.

“My washing machine was doing that jig it does when it’s got a comforter inside it, and I just came down to the basement to reset it, so I didn’t …

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A Divided Minneapolis Neighborhood Comes Together-

A divided Minneapolis neighborhood comes together

  • Article by: LYNDA MCDONNELL
  • Updated: September 28, 2011 – 8:05 PM

Several years ago, when I asked my father about racial attitudes when he was a boy in Kansas City in the 1920s, he named the street that divided the black neighborhood from the white.

Then he recalled standing on the white side of the street, listening to great boogie-woogie piano being played on

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Vince Darcangelo- Simple Shorthand for Dismissing an “Other”

Simple Shorthand for Dismissing an “Other”

Sadly, I believe that underlying the race issue is a deeper human need (perhaps fear- or anxiety-driven) to label and discount those different from us. I don’t believe it’s as simple as skin color. Skin color is simply the signifier that facilitates easy division or grouping. If we were all one color, we’d find some other feature on which to discriminate (e.g. Jane Elliott’s

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Todd Wormsely, I Have a Friend That Is…

I have a friend that is…

How many times have you heard that phrase related to a person describing a person they know, but has conveniently categorized them by race. But, used the phrase as an indication that they are not racist. They don’t even realize how mistaken they are. Or understand my annoyance regarding the statement.

–Todd Wormsley

View Todd’s six word essay @ The Race Card

 

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