Black physician, highly educated, still enslaved
Michael P. Maddox, Indianapolis, IN I have taken and passed every test required, kept up to date professionally, showed up when expected, worked in tandem...
ROOTS show ended our interracial marriage
Laura Romeyn, Eugene, OR Thanks for giving this opportunity to express feelings and facts
He needed help. I gave it.
G. Wilkins, Lakewood, CO At 5’2” I was a petite young White female who adored road trips, had driven mostly alone through all of the...
White family, black children majority, white child minority
Bill Taylor, Middleton, WI My seven words express what our children have said to us. My wife and I are white, around 79 years old,...
Age 5 They don’t serve Mexicans
Mario Lopez, Chicago, IL Our family was on vacation on the way to visit family in Mexico and we went to some restaurant in Texas...
My Japanese half, GI dad unknown.
Katherine Suszczewicz USA When you don’t know, your imagination will choose to make something up. Over and over again.
Ni de aquí, ni de allá
Ana Rodríguez, Wayne State, Antioch, IL Selena’s dad explained it best in his monologue where he talks about how tough it is to be Mexican-American....
I grieve for my lost identity.
Janel Ruehl, Bend, OR I’m a white American, but that doesn’t mean much to me. It doesn’t feel like a fully fleshed-out identity I can...
We assumed their father was black!
Melissa Weir, Trout Valley, IL. We like to think that we are like every other family, whatever that means. But questions like “are those your...
Black Little Mermaid steals the show.
Sarah Mutombo, Louisville, KY. I attend Louisville Collegiate school, and in my 8th grade year I participated in middle school Musical: The Little Mermaid, Jr....
Her Spanish is better than yours?
Keila Ochoa, Houston, TX p>My name is Keila, and I am a 1st generation Mexican American. Growing up, I typically spoke Spanish fluently, but I...
Born Norwegian, Raised American, not illegal
Linda Kristensen, Grand Rapids, MI. I am writing this for my daughter who is 34 with Autism. She became my daughter in 1980 when I...
Acadian-Irish women need not apply
Janice Marquis, Canada. White woman seeking work 8 years in Canada not being hired because I am 16 generations in Canada and white and English.
Adopted but am I still Mexican
Kasey Nichols, Clemmons, NC. I’ve known I’ve been adopted since I can remember and never questioned my ethnicity until I reached middle school age because...
