Your family isn’t your “real” family
Anonymous, Des Moiones, IA. Drake University This is what my mom was told in 1954 when social services came into her home and removed her...
Your family isn’t your “real” family
Anonymous, Des Moiones, IA. Drake University This is what my mom was told in 1954 when social services came into her home and removed her...
Just being human should define us
Matt Bentz, Submitted via Twitter: @mbentz27. Drake University Des Moines, IA
I love my diversified high school
Ava, Westchester, IL. Here is my Anatomy Class during spirit week!
Native American. Quite white, yet benefit.
Crystal Korth Des Moines, IA I’m the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Indian girl who was the butt of jokes from city kids and threatened from skinz on...
No English. Standardized assessment. No chance.
Katrina Des Moines, IA As an ELL teacher, this came from when I had to give a student who was new to the country from...
Black youth obligated to be intimidating
Brent Hixson Des Moines, IA Why is our culture so tied up in image? For a young Black or Latino to walk into a store...
Constant awareness is difficult but necessary
Mark Reiter Drake University Des Moines, IA I grew up in a very white Catholic community. I always understood that there was more to the...
My kids are mixed. And me?
Amy Spencer, Kalona, IA. On Location: Drake University Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I think, ‘Dang, you’re pale.’ But inside, I’m mixed, because...
Unexposed, Growing up in Lilly-White Littleton
Amanda Horvath Des Moines, IA I grew up in a city just outside of Denver that has a nickname of Lilly-White Littleton. I never realized...
I live with a black man.
Glenn Wilson Des Moines, IA And I’m white. Throughout grade school and high school, I never had a black classmate. I don’t know the “struggle”...
Without skin, would we be equals?
Britta Solan Des Moines, IA Drake University Skin…why skin? Shouldn’t we judge by something more productive…kindness…ability to make a difference…what we can contribute… we are...
