Race means when you run around
Eric Brooklyn, NY I gave my daughter a calendar of notable African-Americans for Black history month. She thumbed through the pages and then announced “hey...
Tiptoeing around racism will accomplish nothing.
Mena Sawyer Fairbanks, AK Assignment for class 342 Why are we so afraid to speak about race? If we never talk about it and pretend...
Race doesn’t define me, actions do.
Kai Brown Boston, MA Often times I feel that as soon as people see me, they label me as a certain race and adjust their...
I tend to scare white people
Enrique Guzmán Tucson, AZ I also tend to scare those that are of a higher social class, the elderly and the people that believe the...
Race, I don’t like to run
Becky Fulton Joplin, MO I’m was born in 1968 shortly after the death of MLK Jr. of mixed race and grew up raised by grandparents...
I am American, stop insisting otherwise.
Erin Arlington, VA My brown skin and Asian features do not make me a perpetual foreigner. I am a born and raised New Englander. I...
White, privileged student. Racist, snobby nerd.
Max Johnson Burlington, VT Whenever I try to do a project on race, I feel like I’m more likely to be seen as racist because...
Teased as “Oreo” — our friendship abandoned.
Kay Wilkie Albany, NY I lost my closest friend following intensifying racial tension in Albany city schools during the early 1970s. It was just too...
Complex, invisible, vivid 800 pound gorilla
Tystewrt Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
Will there be seven more generations?
Dawn Walschinski Green Bay, WI I am a citizen of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin. As part of the Iroquois Confederacy, one of...
There’s nothing wrong with my hair!
Deborah King Bolingbrook, IL I was 7 years old the first time I had my hair straightened with a hot comb. For the next 25...
What does a Jew look like?
Ashley Roth Elon, NC People always tell me I don’t look Jewish. Is that supposed to be a compliment or something?
You don’t make a good Mexican.
Cheyenne Aguilera Portland, OR In regards to my half and half Latino/Caucasian mix. Apparently I should just identify as white because I “act and look...
