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unconditional love and tremendous sadness
Words from an interviewee: I'm 65. I grew up as a child in the 60s... the city I grew up in was interesting because I never saw any...
Seema
Apr 12, 20224 min read
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Conservative and for free community college
Word from an interviewee: "What racism?" I love America. I have an American flag hanging on my house. I am a big proponent of the concept...
Seema
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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always working
Word from an interviewee: In this society and as a Black woman, I am conditioned to always be working -- that my value comes from my...
Seema
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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situational racism awareness
Words from an Indigenous, 37-year-old, cis female interviewee living in the North Central Region of the U.S.: Racism has been a part of...
Seema
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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solidarity economy and star trek
I did a project last year in Germantown, Philadelphia where I learned about Solidarity Economy and Time Banks from an organization called...
Seema
Apr 12, 20221 min read
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bartending
I interviewed a Conservative, Caucasian, cis Male in his early 60s, living in the West. Here were some of the experiences he shared:...
Seema
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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school
I interviewed a 48-year-old, White cis female living in an urban area in the South. Here was one story she shared with me: The education...
Seema
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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abuse
I interviewed a 50-year-old, White, nonbinary individual who had been diagnosed with autism in their adulthood. They grew up in a rural...
Seema
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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everyday
Words from an interviewee: I experience microaggressions all the time. I got an undergrad degree from an Ivy League, I have a law degree,...
Seema
Apr 11, 20221 min read
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an honest conversation
I interviewed a White, cis male, Conservative, 33-year-old Mormon. Here were some of his thoughts. I know that racism exists. I know that...
Seema
Apr 11, 20222 min read
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hope in Gen Z
Words from an interviewee: I'm part of an organization that's going through a lot of unconscious bias training, cultural sensitivity...
Seema
Apr 11, 20222 min read
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i curate my life
Words from an interviewee: I like calling myself a "foundational African American." My lineage is from victims of the slave trade. My...
Seema
Apr 11, 20222 min read
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coal mine
Words from an interviewee, an 83-year-old White woman living in the suburban South: The first thing that crossed my mind when you said...
Seema
Apr 11, 20221 min read
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in one ear and out the other
I interviewed a 32-year-old, White, cis Male living in the Midwest. He currently works construction after being incarcerated for over 11...
Seema
Apr 11, 20221 min read
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approaching 50 and growing
Word from an interviewee: a cis White female on the cusp of turning 50 years old: Somebody sent me the Harvard implicit bias test - the...
Seema
Apr 10, 20222 min read
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it's just a function of time
Words from an interviewee: My family were refugees. We're Vietnamese. The Vietnamese people to some extent, and my family in particular,...
Seema
Apr 10, 20222 min read
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everybody likes gumbo
I interviewed an African American woman in her early 70s who moved from the Northeast to a town of 2,200 people in the rural South almost...
Seema
Apr 10, 20225 min read
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not likely
I spoke with a 60-year-old, White, cis female who lives in a rural state in the West. She is a Democrat in her heart, but registers...
Seema
Apr 6, 20221 min read
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the poi bowl
Words from an interviewee: First I had to imagine what's it's like in the U.S. because I don't consider Hawaii really part of a U.S. I...
Seema
Apr 5, 20222 min read
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perspectives on policing
In these interviews about imagining a U.S. without racism, many folks talk about the police. The perspectives run the gamut, from defund...
Seema
Apr 5, 20223 min read
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