Color of money trumps all others.
Simon A. Smith Chicago, IL With the wealth gap growing out of control so many people are getting swallowed up and spit out by greedy...
No, where are you REALLY from?
Mike Chen Chicago, IL My wife and I were both born and raised in New York. Our parents immigrated from Asia in the 70s, and...
What would make you more comfortable?
Erica Shindler Fuller Briggs North Charleston, SC What are you? I get asked this question so often I’ve started charging people for the information. It’s...
I want to be like you
Michael Manning Somerville, MA I was bused in 1969 to a school in Roxbury, Mass., and was myself discriminated against because of the color of...
Little Latina girl learns to accommodate.
Aracely Coronado Philadelphia, PA As a Latina born in San Francisco, CA, educated with wealthy white kids, I learned to navigate their world, it was...
Please fix your mixed child’s hair
Charles Hegeman Cheverly, MD All too often I see of bi-racial children with what would be best described as a birds nest on their head....
My surprise moment – I’m a minority
Alex Summit, NJ Technically on this planet I am a majority being of Chinese decent and male, but growing up in suburban white northern NJ...
Ugh, I’m the only one again.
Brian Jones Maplewood, NJ I am often the only person of color in the room, and always have been. Except when I went to Howard...
But where are you actually from?
Joel Rodrigues United Kingdom I am ethnically Indian (from Goa), a Portuguese citizen, was born and grew up in Kuwait & Goa, and have a...
Just Wanna Be A Good Person
Elizabeth Simson Durant Portland, OR Facing race and racism is hard for white people like me because we feel guilty and ashamed. We wish we...
White. Not racist. Tired of accusation.
Marianna Boncek Woodstock, NY I am a high school teacher. I have been accused of being a racist so many times I can’t count. I...
Everyone’s different, so deal with it
Christopher Sandoval Irvine, CA This may seem like a statement for someone to tell others, but its something I have to privately tell myself. I...
I see a black man. Why?
Drew Mills Greenville, IN I grew up in a tiny town in Kentucky where black people lived in another part of town, always. Although I...
