A new home away from home

Hanne Van Giel.

I moved to Louisiana from Belgium in 2016, and over the past 5ish years I’ve been building up a new life. It definitely came with some changes to my identity.

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Straighten our crown to mold

You don't look Jamaican or Cuban

My Skin Color Poses a Threat

People label me white. Thank goodness.

Black and Beautiful with Breathtaking Strength

Stop acting like blacks are saints

They won't listen, they won't believe

Difference between staying alive or dying

Afraid for my Native American children.

“Okay, but where are you from?

Learn to cook for your husband

Where are you from? Guess please.

No, I didnt jump the border.

Have you found a man, yet?

Work in Progress, Committed to Change

White, privellged, and aware of it.

I don't think I'm Mexican enough

Utopia is a nonexistent colorblind world

BTW, you're mother used to be black

I am striving to be anti-racist

Growing up white and being oblivious

She's so pretty for being Black

Am I Asian enough for you?

Breaking news: I am not rich

I'm rich because I'm from here

I'm not racist just won't do

My Dad's a cop, Am I Racist?

Latine is Geography, Hispanic is Language

Engish only, you're not really Mexican.

No really what are you?

But you are not really Black!

You're lucky; you have good hair

Judging skin color is like Judging God.

Easier for me than for many

Rooted in Hatred, Risen in Audacity

I am not a single story

Not white enough, Not hispanic enough

Suburban, white, hearing your future's bright

Bittersweet victories ,hope through constant casualties

Not a Stone, But a Human.

Have BOTH parents in my life.

Cultured, Humble, Bilingual, Hardworking, Brave, Ambitious

Are you sure you're really white?

I am Micronesian. So like Hawaiian?

I'm American, Does It Matter How?

More Than Just a White Male

A black girl’s dilemma in America

It's not strange meat it's mortadella

Where are you from? No, really

Race is a Matter of Mind

I tell people I am from THE planet earth

Not overcooked or underdone. Just right.

Why am I still called 'exotic'?

Why do people steal from us?

African American stolen from my homeland

I don't know what privilege is

Your hair color doesn't define you

Student at college with racist roots

I'm A Human, Not A Fruit

I am not defined by society

Half Puerto-Rican, but Assumed White

Two languages, Three dialects, Three cultures

Sometimes race isn't enough; need language

I'm Korean, Jewish, both, neither? American.

I am what I am: me.

Waiting for aliens to visit Earth

Being Sicilian explains who I am.

Me llamo Lora y hablo español.

I didn't expect to see you

Indian Vietnamese French. Mixed, and proud

My skin is not my culture.

In my blood, not my face

I'm not that A+ Aisan student.

Uniquely Made, The American Girl Today

America is not Black and White

I never think of you as Asian.

Image portrayed, impression made. It DOES matter.

Why can't I simply be me?

I don't care if I'm good

Are they yours? Are you sure?

White Jewish girl in a bubble

How did you get a boy?

Speak Spanish Poorly? Then Don't Speak.

China, Yellow, hardworking, dream, versatile, active

I hate being called a white boy

We are not all HIV positive.

Troopers Said You're The Wrong Color

Asians challenge the Black-White racial binary.

You have the right skin color

Our boys died for your kind
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Yes I'm tobacco-pickin white trash

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Michele Norris steps away from NPR to grow The Race Card Project.

Michele Norris & John Legend in Ferguson for, Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America.

In Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates at AtlanticLive New York Ideas 2015

Seeing New York’s Invisible Children, New York Ideas 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates reads from his new book in conversation with Michele Norris at Lannan Foundation lecture in Santa Fe

NPR's Morning Edition features: 'My Name Is Jamaal ... I'm White'

Gwen's Take: Race, Morning Coffee & The Race Card Project

Michele Norris & Jenee Desmond Harris, How we talk about race: What word choice says about identity

The Grace of Silence makes, The Black Lives Matter reading list: Books to change the world

Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center Announces Spring 2015 Fellows

Norris brings The Race Card Project to Syracuse University

Ferguson Should Be More Than a Moment

Johns Hopkins University-A dialogue about diversity with Michele Norris

Norris speaks about race in America

The Race Card Project Partners with PBS for America After Ferguson

90.5 WESA- NPR Journalist Michele Norris Talks Race in America

Michele Norris is an Alchemist.

THE RACE CARD PROJECT COMES TO MSU

SPJ honors Norris for exceptional service to journalism

Is It Racist to Ask People Where They're From?

Invitation to a Hanging: Listen to the Interview

A Peabody for The Race Card Project

Pro-Publica: Segregation Now

The Race Card Project Teams up with ProPublica

Michele Norris leads learning opportunity

Norris sparks conversations on race relations

NPR journalist to deliver Blackburn lecture

Grand Rapids Community College Social Sciences Department sits down with Michele Norris.

Brooklyn Museum Joins The Race Card Project

NPR's Michele Norris Talks Race With Two Marietta Churches

40 years celebrating MLK at E Madison’s Mt. Zion

Race Card Project creates new type of conversation

Washtenaw students use The Race Card Project to confront bullying

Race card project spurs discussion

Cascade Engineering Race Card Project

Crossing the Racial Divide, Marietta, GA

Michele Norris' address at Sacramento State's Convocation
SPOTLIGHT SCHOOL

"We are seventh graders at High Tech Middle Media Arts striving for change, so silence is not an option."
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