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I don’t belong anywhere but here.

Tagged With: anywhere, belong, CA, Canadian, Elena Zamarripa-Gray, Japanese, Mexican, scottish, USA, you don't look in Race Card

Elena Zamarripa-Gray
CA, USA

Where are you from? Everywhere and nowhere. My Mexican, basque, Japanese father and Scottish, Canadian mother made me [...]

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Dominican/Mexican White California Surfer Boy

Tagged With: Alfredo Zavala, CA, California, DNA, Dominican, Mexican, Paso Robles, surfer in Race Card

Alfredo Zavala
Paso Robles, CA

Grew up in Southern California to a Mexican father and a Dominican mother in a bi-lingual home. I [...]

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Are you sure you’re not hispanic?

Tagged With: caucasian, Claudia Noronha Madrigal, Hispanic, living in the US, Mankato, MN, Xenophobia in Minneapolis, MN, Race Card

Claudia Noronha Madrigal
Mankato, MN

These words are one of my earliest memories of living in the U.S. I can’t remember for [...]

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Wow, you speak English really well!

Tagged With: CA, India, Oakland, Philippines, Sharmila Guha, Speak English, you don't sound in Race Card

Sharmila Guha
Oakland, CA

It was my first summer job after high school. A man in the lunch room one day [...]

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Pretty fly for a white guy

Tagged With: advantages, CA, fly, grass is greener, resneck, Santa Barbara, Thomas Paine, WASP, white guy in Race Card

Thomas Paine
Santa Barbara, CA

I don’t begrudge being white because I know the advantages it has afforded me. It  just [...]

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You Can’t be of Mexican Descent!

Tagged With: CA, Damian Solorzano, decent, grandparents, Mexican, Mexico, Sacramento, you don't look in Race Card

Damian Solorzano
Sacramento, CA

Don’t let my skin tone, size and acculturation fool you. Like the Author of the above [...]

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Bi-Racial: I’m not “Mexican” enough?

Tagged With: bi-racial, CA, German, irish, Mexican, Polish, Santa Monica, you don't look in Race Card

Monica
Santa Monica, CA

I grew up in Texas in a small town where the population is roughly half Mexican and half [...]

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You mean to say Native American

Tagged With: ambiguous, Ann Arbor, India, Indian, long hair, MI, Native American, pony-tail, Seattle, Swapnil Deopurkar, WA in Race Card

Swapnil Deopurkar
Seattle, WA

I moved from India to Ann Arbor, Michigan; age 26, male, long hair, parted down the middle and [...]

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Who cares what white Americans think?

Tagged With: American, culture, KY, majority, Oneida, Tamara, think, white in Race Card

Tamara
Oneida, KY

I don’t think that white Americans should have to apologize for being in the majority in this particular country, [...]

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So, what exactly are you anyway?

Tagged With: Coast, confusing, FL, light skinned, Lisa Dawson Andrzejczyk, palm, Palm Coast, skin, what are you in Race Card

Lisa Dawson Andrzejczyk
Palm Coast, FL

I am black.. I never thought of myself as anything else. I am light-skinned for [...]

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I got all the white genes.

Tagged With: Cayla Olson, Duluth, French, genes, identity, MN, Ojibew, white in Minneapolis, MN, Race Card

Cayla Olson
Duluth, MN

I have always felt that I had to qualify my racial identity with those six words. I [...]

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New Mexican? Your english is excellent.

Tagged With: excellent, Manuel Pena, Mexican, NY, Rochester in Race Card

Manuel Pena
Rochester, NY

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Mexican Irish Girl: agnostic and dry

Tagged With: black irish, girl, hair, irish, Joan Socorro Sullivan, Mexican, Minneapolis, MN, stereotype in Minneapolis, MN, Race Card

Joan Socorro Sullivan
Minneapolis, MN

I’m a quarter Mexican and over half Irish, I don’t attend church and I don’t drink. [...]

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Are you really born with horns?

Tagged With: Born, Dana Mollins, glenford, horns, NY in Race Card

Dana Mollins
Glenford, NY

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White, male, privileged, finally getting it.

Tagged With: Federal Government, GA, J. Calvin Smith, male, Ranger, white, whote privilege in Race Card

J. Calvin Smith
Ranger, GA

After years in the Federal workforce trying to engage said workforce in my own philosophical struggles [...]

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I’m white. Am I an oppressor?

Tagged With: Cassie Meyer, Helena, MT, oppressor, question, white, white guilt in Race Card

Cassie Meyer
Helena, MT

Genuine comment about white guilt.

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Hawaiians? Did you swim to school?

Tagged With: Hawaii, Hawaiian, John Book, mainland, multi-ethnic, Pasco, stereotypes, swimming, WA in Race Card

John Book
Pasco, WA

In my experience as someone who is part-Hawaiian, I’ve found that the stereotypes of what I am and [...]

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I am both black and white

Tagged With: Alexander Belisle, ancestry, Belize, Black, both, Bronx, Latvian, NY, white in Race Card

Alexander Belisle
Bronx, NY

My mother is Latvian and my father is from Belize but all my life I passed as [...]

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Are you planning to go home?

Tagged With: atlanta, Berkeley, CA, cringing, Home, Lee Hwang in Race Card

Lee Hwang
Berkeley, CA

Ironically, it was a black woman in Atlanta that said this to me. She was perfectly innocent and [...]

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What’s your real Filipino name?

Tagged With: Brooklyn, Jill Damatac, name, NY, real in Race Card

Jill Damatac
Brooklyn, NY

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“Our race doesn’t matter. Stop asking.”

Tagged With: asking, matter, Race, Seattle, Sile Grace, WA in Race Card

Sile Grace
Seattle, WA

Said by my Appalachian granny every time I asked what race we were (everyone asked ‘what’ she was). [...]

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My daughters are not my grandkids.

Tagged With: CA, career woman, children, granchildren, mother, motherhood, San Francisco, Terri Hunter-Davis in Race Card

Terri Hunter-Davis
San Francisco, CA

My daughters are 11 and 14. I am middle-aged. Like many women of my generation, I had [...]

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The “haves” have not a clue.

Tagged With: clue, Daniel A Palmer, havess, Kettering, OH in Race Card

Daniel A Palmer
Kettering, OH

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Why can’t they pick normal names?

Tagged With: AZ, name, Nathan Arrowsmith, normal, Tempe in Race Card

Nathan Arrowsmith
Tempe, AZ

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Constant internal struggle; heritage constantly ignored

Tagged With: CA, Folsom, heritage, ignored, internal struggle, Mike Angell in Race Card

Mike Angell
Folsom, CA

So I’m just an average white guy who grew up in an average white little farming town in Michigan. There [...]

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My race changes with the seasons

Tagged With: changes, ct, Jacinta Lomba, Race, seasons, South Windsor, thank you in Race Card

Jacinta Lomba
South Windsor, CT

Thank you for organizing this campaign! I think it is fabulous.

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Much better, still miles to go.

Tagged With: better, Cedric James, miles, PA, Philadelphia, to go in Race Card

Cedric James
Philadelphia, PA

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Am I a Mexican or not?

Tagged With: Chicago, identity, IL, Malique, Mexican in Race Card

Malique
Chicago, IL

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Mexicans take unwanted jobs; Why Complain?

Tagged With: CA, compain, complain, jobs, Mexican-American, Oakland in Race Card

Carlos Rodriguez
Oakland, CA

I’m a typical Mexican-American teenager, who eats beans and tortillas every day. When I hear people who are unaware say, [...]

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Guessing my ethnicity is not a game.

Tagged With: @yanitla1687, Altinay Cortes, ethnicity, game, guesing, twitter in Race Card

Altinay Cortes
Submitted via Twitter: @yanitla1687

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Racism is stealing this President’s legacy.

Tagged With: @TheShenme, legacy, president, racism, stealing, Tisha Johnson ‏, twitter in Race Card

Tisha Johnson ‏
Submitted via Twitter: @TheShenme

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First Generation means second is mediocre

Tagged With: Alameda, American Dream, CA, first generation, high expectations, immigrate, Jonna Marie Mallillin, mediocre, second generation in Race Card

Jonna Marie Mallillin
Alameda, CA

“First generation means second is mediocre” explains the stress immigrant parents put on their first generation children. People who [...]

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Last name Smith? But you’re Asian.

Tagged With: Asian, Baltimore, last name, MD, name, Smith, Trish Broome in Race Card

Trish Broome
Baltimore, MD

My father is white and my mother is Korean, so I grew up with my father’s last name, Smith. On [...]

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Poor little middle class white girl

Tagged With: check the box, College, middle class, Nina Haug, poor, problems, Richardson, TX, White girl in Race Card

Nina Haug
Richardson, TX

While applying for college, I realized that I have no “hook” – the box, story, or line that might make [...]

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Trust me…I am a doctor

Tagged With: AL, Auburn, Black, brown, doctor, Dr. Carmen Beverly, Trust in Race Card

Dr. Carmen Beverly
Auburn, AL

Not your nurse, maid or clerk…really a fierce brown lady doctor trying to keep everyone well.

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I’m a threat, savvy black man

Tagged With: Advantage, black man, business, Eugene Covington III, savvy, threat, USA in Race Card

Eugene Covington III
USA

In business, building strong relationships is the most important thing. Finding common ground is the first step down the path [...]

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My spouse is a black man

Tagged With: black man, CA, interracial marriage, Los Angeles, marriage, mixed marriage, spouse, Thomas C. Hofstra in Race Card

Thomas C. Hofstra
Los Angeles, CA

My spouses six words are “I try to understand our world”

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Race-neutral name, foot in the door

Tagged With: Advantage, door, Meredith, name, neutral, Race, TX in Race Card

Meredith
TX

Growing up as a Black girl named Meredith wasn’t easy. I was teased about it a lot. But as I entered adulthood [...]

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We Share The Same Last Name

Tagged With: CA, E R Leathers, Emerville, name, Raleigh, same last name, share in Race Card

E R Leathers
Emerville, CA

Each and every Sunday, after attending church, my four sisters and I would head to downtown Raleigh. Sometimes we [...]

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All I’ve got is the food.

Tagged With: Cleveland, falafal, food, heritage, Lebanese, OH, shawrma in Race Card

Kelsey
Cleveland, OH

I’m Lebanese/Irish but grew up solely around my Lebanese family. However they rarely acknowledged where we came from. The closest I’ve [...]

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“Mamma, why am I not blonde?”

Tagged With: blonde, daughter, Mamma, Padmaja Ganeshan Singh, Princess, Seattle, WA in Race Card

Padmaja Ganeshan Singh
Seattle, WA

Growing up here, in the US, my daughter’s definition of a princess, is a blonde, white young girl wearing [...]

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Really? Because you don’t look Cuban.

Tagged With: Carina Tillan, conflict, fair skinned, FL, Hallandale, look, Spanish, you don't look in Race Card

Carina Tillan
Hallandale, FL

My rebuttal to that is usually “Then what am I supposed to look like?” You’d be surprised how often people [...]

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Educated black men still dread sirens.

Tagged With: black men, educated, police, sirens, USA in Race Card

Joshua D.
USA

2 advanced degrees and zero crimes later, life still sometimes feels like a high-speed chase. Especially when it’s dark and those [...]

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The rules are different for you.

Tagged With: different, Nashville, rules, TN in Race Card

James
Nashville, TN

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We assumed their father was black!

Tagged With: assume, Black, Family, father, IL, Melissa Weir, real parents, Trout Valley, white in Race Card

Melissa Weir
Trout Valley, IL

We like to think that we are like every other family, whatever that means. But questions like “are [...]

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White male. Random pat down? Never.

Tagged With: CA, Justin Galvin, pat down, police, Portola Valley, random, white in Race Card

Justin Galvin
Portola Valley, CA

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Native? Not according to the government

Tagged With: Boxborough, goverment, James Sandborn, law, MA, Native in Race Card

James Sandborn
Boxborough, MA

If a person called themselves an African American and someone asked if they could provide a genealogical search at your [...]

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Chihuahua? Do you mean my wife?

Tagged With: CA, Chihuahua, clur, Fullerton, husband, Kristle Elise Siggson, wife in Race Card

Kristle Elise Siggson
Fullerton, CA

This was my husband’s response when an elderly gentleman was asking him how his chihuahua was doing after moving [...]

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Stopped by airport-security. Why? I’m Persian

Tagged With: aurport, CA, Hannah Sadat-Tehrani, Persian, San Francisco, security, TSA in Race Card

Hannah Sadat-Tehrani
San Francisco, CA

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Mom-cuban dad white what I

Tagged With: Andrew Robinson, CA, Cuban, mom, Stanford, white in Race Card

Andrew Robinson
Stanford, CA

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