No. Where are you really from?
Laura S. Gan, Dublin, CA I immigrated to the USA in 1979 when I was 1, as a refugee from what we in the USA...
Always searching for where I belong
Tyler Brown, Ellenwood, GA I chose the phrase “Always searching for where I belong” because it encapsulates my journey as a young black female who...
Magnanimous old white dude making meaning
Charles A. Calahan, West Lafayette, IN Each of us needs time to develop across differences across our life span.
When your blueprint is pretty funny
Jilly Bean, Houston, TX The blueprint for my life was etched from a very young age. I was told constantly by everyone that I was...
No I do not like coleslaw
Raven Sothras, Peoria, AZ i’m tired of all the race jokes all over the place, especially with the younger ages and in schools. sometimes it...
I feel embarrassed to be white.
Jobi Schwartz, Morristown, NJ I’m embarrassed to be white in a country that refuses to acknowledge it’s horrible past of slavery, colonialism, forced segregation, refusal...
Joy is the armor of truth
Judith Angelo Cleveland Heights, OH I began with six words from Alice Walker’s novel about FGM, Possessing the Secret of Joy : “The secret of...
Yes I’m Black, but not angry
Ellise, Riverside, CA. My race is not what you see, It is what I feel. Do not let your stereotypes fool you, I am happy,...
I love the person that I am
Krystal Roland, North Lauderdale, FL Inside and out. The different faces of different races
Only one race – the human race!
Ralph Tobias, Corpus Christi, TX I feel that hyper-focusing on our superficial, earthly race goes against what Martin Luther King, Jr., said about the content...
