What exactly did my parents expect?
Jillian Mosley, Berkeley, CA I am bi-racial, born in ’71. Are seriously wonder if they had any expectations about what my life would be like...
Race of my own, confused
Xitlali Parada, El Cerrito, CA As someone who comes from Mexican descent and grew up in the US, my own understanding of my race is...
I feel like a white American
Donovan Harris, San Juan Capistrano, CA I am ethnically mixed, both Egyptian and white, yet my middle class upbringing in Southern California has yielded to...
Yo dude do you have Coronavirus?
B, Orange, CA This is something that I heard Chinese students being asked while at school when the outbreak happened. No, they did not have...
Between worlds; belonging fades, identity searches.
Jake Dinh, Lake Forest, CA Being Vietnamese but born in the US created a feeling of disconnection for me neither fully connected to Vietnamese heritage...
Some will never understand the pain.
Michael McMillian, San Clemente, CA I was born in Louisiana in the 80s where issues like poverty, educational disparities, and racialized policing were part of...
She called it overrepresentation, she’s wrong
YJ, Bend, OR During the yearly Macy’s parade, my mom, my sisters and I sat watching the parade from our couch. As is normal for...
