Can’t I be Hispanic without Spanish?
Mónica Perez. People assume that I can speak Spanish because my last name is Perez and I have brown skin. I have always been ostracized...
I don’t know where I belong
Natasha Marte. I grew up in a Dominican household and my friends consist of Black, White & Spanish, as well as other ethnicities. I listen...
Children get it, why can’t everybody?
Jodie Winkler. I love when I hear kids respond to explanations of racism with confusion. They think…Why would you treat someone differently because of skin...
I am white; I am sorry.
C Bell. I am sorry for what happened to the American Indians, the African Americans, the Jews in Germany, and the many others. I cannot...
I am well-spoken, so what?
Kenya Palmer Chalmers. My dad is the best communicator I know (verbal and written). As a young child, I was encouraged to read and share...
LETS WORK TOGETHER, HUMANITY YEARNS UNIFICATION.
DEYLAN GALEAS. I believe that if we are all one species living in the same planet, unification will cease such the indifference that currently exists...
But you don’t look Black…
Tara. Me and my brothers are all different shades, one no less black or less white than another
You are not really black
Arilson Jose Gonzales. My mother is from Peru and my father is from Angola and throughout my life (I am now 39) I have been...
Will I be enough for him?
Anne Lewis. Being told I will never understand or be able to fully support my husband because I’m not black. Hearing it’s a tragedy when...
Weil, Turner, Douglas, Orlander, Store, Shungo
Christina Weil. I have lived in the United States my entire life, I have experienced some of the best and the worse that this country...
Weil, Turner, Douglas, Orlander, Store, Shungo
Christina Weil. I have lived in the United States my entire life, I have experienced some of the best and the worse that this country...
Mixed nationality isn’t a thing, dude.
Nadine Harduarsingh. People often compliment me on being beautiful and ask where I’m from. I tell them I’m from Brooklyn, NY where I was born...
One generation off from Irish citizenship.
CW. I’m Irish decent from both sides of my family – nearly all my great-grandparents came over to America at the start of the 20th...
Black and Proud, all my life.
Janet Simmons. I have been proud of being black ever since I can remember. I love how we come in all hues. I cringe when...
I’m a mother, not a babymama.
Jada. If you’re a single mom and you’re white, you’re just a mom, because I’m black society labeled me a “babymama” which is one of...
Called White in a Black Body
Dorothy Hill. Because I don’t speak “slang,” don’t like rap music with lots of cursing, I’m adventurous, prefer gatherings that aren’t one race only and...
