My dad’s prejudices live in me.
Ray Johnson, VT My father had some reasonably strong prejudices against some groups, specifically African Americans, Jews and the Japanese. We butted heads over the...
Black. Cuban. Both. Are you sure?
Guinevere Thomas New Haven, CT So many times I often get the “what are you mixed with?” question. Like any Black person from the Americas,...
I’m glad my children look white
Mark Mott Hillsboro, OR I am an Asian American who grew up in VA, I was called many things and many were not my name....
If race isn’t specified, assume white?
Terri Colorado Springs, CO I find it annoying that in news stories (suspect is an Hispanic man, 6 feet tall), or even generally speaking (I...
It sucks being black in America.
Rosna Delucca Pompano Beach, FL Growing up on a small island, I was colorblind. I didn’t know that one day the color of my skin...
Afropean-American, I made it up.
Laura Kupe Ann Arbor, MI My parents are originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, I was born in Germany, raised in Luxembourg and Metro-Detroit....
Racism isn’t individual, it’s structural, dig?
Shareef Ali Oakland, CA Indigenous genocide, human bondage and global imperial conquest are not made moot by just changing attitudes. We have to change this...
But you don’t look Puerto Rican…
Paul David Mena Wayland, MA As if a Puerto Rican can’t be fair-skinned, middle-class and college-educated! Granted, I was raised by parents who looked for...
