Latina proud, I can’t speak Spanish.
Victoria. Regardless, if I can speak Spanish or not does not take away my love, and honor to be Latina. My dad was an immigrant...
Not really a red-head or Irish
Maria Collins. “Ah, you must be planning on red-headed grandchildren,” said the photographer during our family photo shoot this past weekend. Looking at my red...
Have no close Black friends. Why?
Lauren Tindall. I’ve been reflecting a lot on my very homogenous (from a race perspective) friend group. Is this a reflection on me, or a...
Yes, my biracial children are beautiful.
Tonya Jenkins. I am white and my husband is black. We have 2 biracial kids and yes of course I think they are beautiful but...
I don’t live on a reservation.
Shelley Doreen Horner. As a biracial woman so often people guess that I am many other minorities and never the minority that I am and...
But where are you REALLY from?
Jill Fletcher. Growing up as a half-Japanese, half-white kid, I was constantly asked, “Where are you from?” and when I answered, “Portland,” I’d get, “But...
I am white. Black lives matter.
Marilyn Feister. This is a picture of my day care provider with my sons who are all grown up now. She is an amazing woman....
WHY NOT ME, I AM WORTHY
Andrea Coleman. For years I have struggled to be just as equal as the next and yet to be told “NOT NOW”. Being degraded, belittled...
Named For My Grandmother But Not
Marion Iannotta. My grandparents emigrated from Italy to America in the early 1900’s. In my family, children are named after our grandparents. As a result,...
You are not better than me
Felicia Woods. If my six words were everyone’s six words and they lived by these words, then maybe we would wipe out racism and inequality...
You’re Jewish? You don’t look Jewish
Beth Bendheim. Grew up in Richmond, Va, with hardly any diversity. I am blonde and have green eyes and I look like my dad who...
DO YOU LIVE IN THESE APARTMENTS?
TERI PERKINS-SANCHEZ. The majority of the residents in my apartment complex are caucasian and I often get asked this question by residents and even police...
Disowned for living an authentic life
Mike Gonzalez. I was disowned by my family when I came out nearly 15 years ago. I was really close to my family, and the...
You dont seem like your Dominican
Maggie Suazo. There seems to be a myth about what a person from different places should look like, or act like. I hear these words...
White People’s Introduction to Black 101
Kinya Franklin. I’m usually the first and most intimate experience/exposure that my white counterparts receive when it comes to black people and black culture. Usually...
