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Our honest, hidden thoughts on race captured in just 6 words
More than half a million people shared their experiences with the Race Card Project. Here's what they said.
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He's my dad, not the gardener
Kelly Stuart-Johnson, Brooklyn, New York
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Native Americans, America's invisible invisible invisible
Gene Tagaban, Ruston, Washington
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With kids, I'm dad, alone... thug!
Mark Quarles, Pacific Grove, California
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I'm ashamed for my ancestors' race
Lindsey Lovel Heidrich, Brooklyn, New York
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I am not an exotic creature
Hana Peoples, Seattle, Washington
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Black Boy. White world. Perpetually exhausted
Esayas Mehretab, Richmond, Virginia
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Ashamed that accomplished minorities surprise me
Daniel Chaim Robbins, Seattle, Washington
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White husband became Iranian September 11th
Maren Robinson, Chicago, Illinois
'You don't look Iranian!' I am.
Rom Barkhordar, Chicago, Illinois
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Blackcican Spanish speaker didn't teach kids
Marisha Vandenberg, Riverside, California
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We aren't all 'Strong Black Women'
Celeste Green, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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I wish he was a girl
Kristen Moorhead, Silver Spring, Maryland
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National Geographic - The Race Card Project