The Black Friend

I can remember that growing up, I was usually the only black kid in my circle of friends. I’ve always had mostly white friends. Even to this day, going on 29 years old, I’ve only had one “best” friend who is black. I don’t really know why this is, but I have often found it […]

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The Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise: A Racism Experiment That Is Still Important 20 Years Later

I’ve seen videos of this experiment done before in classrooms, but I’d never seen a video like this one that shows the experiment being tried on adults, let alone audience members of The Oprah Winfrey Show. It’s still powerful seeing how people react, and diversity expert Jane Elliott’s words are impactful and well-said throughout the experiment. […]

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Racism in the USA?

Here’s the thing. I don’t know a single thing about racism in the USA — probably because I live in Hungary (yes, I know, I’m a genius) — but this doesn’t mean that I don’t know about racism. I think that in every culture/country there exists a minority that is being oppressed. Here, it’s the gypsies — maybe […]

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