The Stream

Black and white American ‘confessions’ reveal plenty about race

#BlackPeopleConfessions and #WhitePeopleConfessions trend online as the national conversation on race continues.

Race, racism, the “N” word, and being the only black person in a group of white people are all topics being addressed online in the US with #BlackPeopleConfessions and #WhitePeopleConfessions. The viral hashtags were reportedly initiated by Connie Collins in the aftermath of the Charleston shootings, where 9 black people were shot in a church by a racist white gunman. 

Many who identified as white jumped in with #WhitePeopleConfessions