Vincent Yanez
Long Beach, CA
For as long as I remember my mother, and myself as I got older, was given a very hard Read more →
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Vincent Yanez
Long Beach, CA
For as long as I remember my mother, and myself as I got older, was given a very hard Read more →
Erin Murphy
Barling, AK
I grew up in a mostly African American neighborhood outside Miami, Florida. My friends never made me feel out of Read more →
Danny Thomas
Brookfield , WI
I am an Indian American and was working in the ED at a children’s hospital. A mother who was Read more →
Cameron
OH
We’re living in a post-civil rights world. Legal equality has been achieved. The continued focus on race differences only serves to further Read more →
Elizabeth Sanderson
Evanston, IL
Michelle Ternus
Oakland, CA
Sean Patrick Nicholl
Storrs, CT
Heard it plenty of times… I mention that my first name is after my grandfathers; John… Read more →
Eileen Spillman
Wilsonville, OR
That was the line my husband threw at me whenever we argued about his burgeoning racism. I had Read more →
Ashley M.
Japan
Sarah Balcom
Annapolis, MD
