Too mixed too choose just one!
Tess Escoto, Citrus Heights, CA. My roots are in Texas and Mexico. While some may look at me and say that I appear to be...
Any black kids in your class?
Pamela Tish, Dupo, IL. When I began my first teaching job in Cahokia, IL, “Any black kids in your class?” was always one of the...
Interracial couples: we are the future.
Jeffery Ward Pittsburgh, PA WE are a mixed couple. They said our love would never last, but we just celebrated 14 years together. As a...
Inescapable mulatto nature of American culture
Submitted via Twitter: @zerode San Francisco, CA A quote from jazz critic Albert Murray. More about Albert Murray: Taken from Albert Murray, an African American...
I’m not white; I’m Euro-American
Roderick Gray, Chico, CA. I am as much a mixed up mutt as everyone else. When I am referred to as white, my liberal guilt...
YOU’RE NOT REALLY ONE OF US!
L P SIMMONS, LONG BEACH, CA. IT’S SO HARD BEING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE GAINS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT....
Educated. Black strangers scare me still.
Samantha Murphey, Submitted via: Scarlett called Scout. Read more about this essay: The Race Card Project Trent and I talk and read about race a...
Lady, I don’t want your purse.
Trill T. Sherman, Submitted via Twitter: @wu_youngAOM #theracecardproject
But you’re not BLACK black
Linda Powell, Submitted via Twitter: @misslindapowell #theracecardproject
Sometimes blacks are the biggest racists.
Andrea Williams, Submitted via Twitter: @AndreaWillWrite. #theracecardproject
Socially constructed phenomenon with real consequences
Dr L’Heureux Dumi Lewis Submitted via Twitter @dumilewis via Twitter Clicking on the link below will take you to Uptown Notes: www.uptownnotes.com/
