My prejudices were taught, acceptance learned
Brian Lovely. I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s in Central Ohio, first in a small town, then in the capital city. My dad...
“Rich Girl” Doesn’t Diminish My Blackness
Stacey Dusenbury My 6 words describe the fact that I was fortunate enough to grow up in a majority white neighborhood and lived in a...
Black gay woman, I’m forever fighting
Zoria Daley Intersectionality was always something I’ve been proud of but recently it’s been exhausting. Everywhere I look I’m fighting for my identity.
I didn’t know you were black!
Rhonda Light. When I first moved to VA. I got a job as a Loan Officer. I took a couple’s application over the phone. They...
Don’t Judge, My Shoes Are Full!
Tiffany Courville. Branch Ambassador at Capital One Palestine, Texas I am a mother of 4 teenagers, a wife, and a working Woman that suffers from...
Not here to fit my labels.
Thara. Woman. Mother. Brown. Asian. Immigrant. Wife. Labels can bring people together, but they can also tie people down. Labels can help find someone a...
I’m not ‘seen’ as an immigrant
Beckie White I am white, and from England, and I know my life in the US would have been a lot harder if I had...
I only learned about Juneteenth recently
Olivier Hecht. I’m 47 with a liberal arts education that started in Baltimore City Public Schools and continued in the Ivy League, yet I never...
With Open Arms, While Continually Learning
Ryan Bagnal As a white male who has continually moved throughout his lifetime, consistently picking up, starting over, once again investing in new relationships, yet...
No I cannot forget my past
Twyla Booker. My great aunt was born on a farm in Cumberland, Virginia in 1919. She was only 4’11 and weighed less than 100 pounds. ...
Looking away doesn’t make it disappear
Jasmine Grindle. Growing up, my parents would tell me to “look away” or “cover your ears” when there was anything that may scare me. Even...
Basic white girl searching to belong
Melissa Love. In my life I have worked so hard to blend in and really be able to plug and play in any social or...
But where are you from, originally?
Alyssa This is usually asked after I play dumb to the first question – where are you from? and answer with – New Jersey! As...
Queer Christian. Where do I fit?
Doug Steel. I’m a cis White man. I also grew up financially vulnerable in a religious community with a history of persecution (Mennonite) and came...
You sound like a white girl.
Dawn Washington. Somehow proper enunciation and the conjugation of verbs became “white”. To this day, when people meet me in person, it is always a...
I am not a fake Samoan.
Leilani Funaki. My dad is one of my favorite people. When I look at my face, I see his nose. I see the shape of...
Trying tocbe part of the solution
Rebecca Huber. Yes, I’m cheating on 6 words by combing tobe. But I couldn’t find any other way to say it. As a white woman,...
Waking up from my American dream
Elena Lazarou. The American dream very much defines me. My parents came here from their villages in Greece and Cyprus as teenagers with nothing. They...
