Mom soars! Not in their eyes.
Gracie Fleming Austin, TX My mother gave me an incredible prayer life, encouraged my intellectual development, and validated my intuition. But time and again I...
Beautifully, brilliantly, wonderfully designed by God.
Emily Mueller Athens, OH “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and...
Not born racist, just born white
Jake Skillman Greenfield, IN Even as a small child I loved diversity, insisting on going to Korean school on Saturdays with my friends, checking out...
Black enters restaurant, all look up.
Paul Alessi Cherry Hill, NJ My friend is a black man and he made this remark, that any time he enters a restaurant he feels...
I am not like my parents.
Stephanie K. New York City, NY I’m a first generation daughter in the U.S. My parents are Chinese immigrants. They just don’t get it.
What are you; some can pass?
Quinta Thompson Lafayette, LA I hate that my friends who are biracial, usually nonblack, like to be ethnic when it is convenient and white when...
Affirmative Action crushed my Dad’s spirit.
Heather Bloom Bothell, WA I’ve never met a human with a stronger work ethic than my father, but after being denied a job opportunity because...
Black people are not a monolith.
Robynn T. Pleasant Hill, CA I’m so sick of these questions: “Why are black people so _____?”; “Why do black people do _____?”; “Why do...
The nuns rechristened Dominican Andre “Andrew”.
Julia Meyer Bell Fallbrook, CA I teach high school English, and Andre is one of my students. He is proud to be “Dominican American” (not...
I’m not here to educate you
Michael Lamont New York City, New York I am not here to be your person of color friend to make you feel better about your...
Wouldn’t’ve been white 100 years ago.
Kevin Tierney Italy Nonnie was born in Italy and moved to the USA, 14 years old and a newlywed. Three generations later, I was born...
Checked “cosmic” in the race box
Cecilia N GA Thank you Jose Vasconcelos. I’m Mexican, but strangers say I look white. Like that is a compliment.
Please: Hispanic is not a race
Mark Wood-Caballero Tempe, AZ I can’t fully determine what races I have in my heritage. My father, born in Baltimore, was a white anglo-saxon. My...
1. Don’t talk about white club.
C.D.U. VA The first rule of white club is you don’t talk about white club. Whiteness isn’t acknowledged as a race. When we do acknowledge...
