Black, and learned the hard way.
Elena Ruyter. I am the only black person in my all white family (I’m adopted). Despite knowing that I am no less a child of...
I AM HUMAN NOT A STEREOTYPE
EVELYN ANTOINETTE AKERS. I am a naturalized citizen of the USA. I identify as multiracial since I have European, African, and Mediterranean roots. I am...
Wanting the status quo to cease
Mike Burlew. I have a wife and two daughters and its time for all accepted ways of thinking about all people to be changed. Sadly,...
Hapa in Hawaii, Asian in Minnesota
Autumn King. I am half Caucasian and half Okinawan, born and raised in Hawaii. In Hawaii everyone knows, just by looking at me, that I...
You’re pretty for a black girl
Kristen Baylor. I grew up going to predominately white schools, from headstart all the way up to my senior year of highschool, and then in...
Grew up in the White-man’s world
Jerry Smith. My dad had blonde hair and blue eyes. He grew up in Queens NY. My mom grew up in Tempe, AZ and she...
Shut up! Hispanics aren’t really black.
Kariela. Uneducated people will argue you down simply because the history they learned about African-American culture had very little focus on Hispanic and LatinX culture...
White And Ashamed Of Our History
Hannah Shelton. For a country the claims liberty and justice for ALL, I feel like we do not live that out.
Different Levels of being Black American
Rilia “Lia” Brandon. I was born on the Southside of Chicago, Illinois and raised in the Mennonite Valley of Virginia. Transitioning from Virginia’s Countryside for...
I was called White
Brandi A. Thomas. When I was a little girl in elementary school I had long hair and light skinned, with freckles. My classmates would ask...
Recognizing and changing my racial biases
Mary. I grew up in a conservative household. In college I learned about innate biases and took a test to learn about how biased I...
But c’mon, you’re not actually black.
Lawrence Arbuthnott. Born and raised by Haitian immigrants, I’ve often been told I’m not “actually black” because I don’t fit society’s stereotypes of what being...
Did that happen because I’m white?
Vicky Ivey. I recently went to the mom-and-pop car dealership to make a payment on my loan. The guy who works there saw me walk...
You’re here because you’re black
Yvonne. 1) I was brought in to manage a predominantly black team. Previously led by a white associate. 2) A few years later in a...
I have my own story too
Megan. For me this is an internal feeling I have each day in today’s environment. I don’t ever want to take away from anyone else’s...
Yes officer this is my car
Arthur jennings. Whenever i have been pulled over. the first question i get, before if im on parole or probation. they ask me if the...
