Professional Documents
Culture Documents
About Nicole
✢ Social Work student at SLCC
✢ Adopted by a very loving white
family
✢ Madly in love with her amazing
boyfriend
✢ Works as a support specialist for
individuals with disabilities
✢ Children’s books
✢ Hair
6
Did you feel like
you had to
change your
appearance in
order to fit in?
Nicole Growing Up
8
How do you feel
about the black
card?
Black Card
personality
✢ “White washed”
✢ As a child...
12
If you could say
anything to a
group of white
people, what
would you want
them to know?
If I could tell white people anything...
14
On White Guilt...
✢ My mom
✢ Entire race
✢ Acknowledgement
✢ Showing appreciation to people of color
shows acceptance
✢ Meaningful connections
✢ Standing up to racism
17
Final thoughts?
Final thoughts
19
“Turn your wounds into
wisdom”
- Oprah Winfrey
Thanks!
Any questions?