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You're Pretty For A Black Girl

Stop questioning if I’m really Black

Cute , Can I touch your hair?

Strong, intelligent, soulful, active, charismatic, stable

Who benefits from a permanent underclass?

My Mind Isn't Inferior To Yours

Joy is the armor of truth

I am not a MAIL-IN-BRIDE

I am stronger than you think.

Grown through, what I've been through

Mixed race. Belongs everywhere and nowhere.

No, where are you really from?

My family's machismo is killing me.

Don't think I'm like you, I'm not

You must be mixed with something

She’s my mom, not my nanny.

Ashamed [race] is my first impression

I know that I'm white passing.

Labels be damned, i am me

I am not who you think

So Much Diversity, Yet No Representation

The media does not represent Arabs

We Don't Eat Tacos On Tuesday

You Must Be Mixed with Something.

I can't leave without my receipt.

Retail manager. Shoplifters mostly black. Why?

Raised in Spanish. Think in English.

There is only one Human Race.

Don't know how to fix this.

Not all of us are privledged

Homecoming with best friend. You dating?

I'm not white, but I'm white.

DNA 99.9% same. Humans are dumb.

Had to always prove myself better.

Cleaning myself to look like her

You look less…exotic…than expected.

Native Education: Moving beyond the Asterisk*

No. I'm not your average face.

Playing by everyone's rules is exhausting

Riding on a train crying, mommy braiding.

She's nice for a black woman!

Where did you get them from?

You're basically a white boy now

The skin I'm in is resilient.

I Am Shattered Pieces Scattered Black

White and some kind of Asian

Instinct brings Hate, Empathy brings Love

I'm brown but, I'm not hispanic.

African American woman who loves people.

Love and learn from one another

Don't turn your back to it

White, Veteran, Nurse, Single, Funny, Scooterist.

My great-grandparents fled pogroms in Ukraine.

Am I black, white? Can't decide.

I'm too light, yet too dark

White people don't season their chicken

Marching while white doesn't declare solidarity.

CALL US NEPALESE NOT THE INDIANS

Intelligent despite assumptions, Yes I can!

The Past Doesn’t Determine Our Future

White, female, and scared to speak

DNA results: my body is colonial.

I don't know where I fit

Aren't we all a little complicit?

ALLY, BUT LOOK LIKE YOUR ENEMY

Stealth lesbian: not what you expected.

Cultural appropriation. Bogus issue. Get real.

White male trying to be accountable.

Not colorblind, just failed to see.

Why is everything always about race?

Small distinction blown out of proportion

Basic white girl, who's not white.

Like money, it's fiction made real

Asian and afraid to go out

So many racists look like me

Embarrassed that I'm frightened by black boys

Adobo Beef Stew Rice Potatoes: Dinner

They assume my wife's the nanny.

By protecting her, I'm oppressing her.

Bi-racial daughter draws Black self portraits.

Two Black Lesbian Daughters. Say What?!

I have been alone among many

Uniquely Made, The American Girl Today

She`s so beautiful, is she mixed?

Being conspicuous is a daily struggle

Adoptive parents see teachers judge brown

Same finish line; different starting points.

The cultural struggle is truly endless.

Sorry, this AMERICAN sings it better.
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Michele Norris' address at Sacramento State's Convocation
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"We are seventh graders at High Tech Middle Media Arts striving for change, so silence is not an option."
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