Why I Choose To Use Other
Malcolm X. Mosely, Lorain, OH. I started using “Other long ago when they first started putting it on an option and I could start filling...
Black and Beautiful with Breathtaking Strength
Sidni Sera Goodman, Wayne State, Eastpointe, MI Being black in America is more than just challenging. There are so many highs and so many lows....
How did you get a boy?
Claire Wallick Moy, Maplewood, NJ. This is what I was asked in 1998 when I moved to NJ. Our 3 children look much more like...
Uncomfortable around non-Asians, don’t know why
Pamela, USA I grew up in a predominantly Asian neighborhood in Southern California. It was a hard transition living in places where Asians were the...
How to protect my black son?
Michael Bolton , Scottsdale, AZ. Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan Dad Caucasian. lived life in black neighborhood mostly. studied black history–college+leisure. love black culture...
Black and Beautiful with Breathtaking Strength
Sidni Sera Goodman, Wayne State, Eastpointe, MI Being black in America is more than just challenging. There are so many highs and so many lows....
Identity Thief Blasian Sensation Lifelong Educator
Jennifer Wong Cernak, Chester, MD. I have been listening to your race-card stories for a long time and heard the topic of mixed race come...
But you played with dolls growing up.
Trisha Salerno, New York, NY, Colorbrave Circle 1 For as long as I can remember, I have been fluid with my sexuality. I love… everyone....
Thank you for pointing that out.
Lani Broederlow, Salt Lake City, UT. I am Polynesian. I have been told that my appearance does not reflect my last name. It is of...
I feel like I’ve been sorted.
Jaclyn Huelbig, Edison, NJ. I’m white. When I was a child, I lived in a city (the type that hipsters remain uninterested in!) and I...
Hmmm…so where are you from originally?
Chris Callieri, Chief Supply Chain Office, Color Brave Circle 7 As a white Latino, I am almost ashamed to comment on discrimination as I realize...
Do Not Come Home With Him
Jessica Williams, Color Brave Circle 5 My late father would sit in silence for an hour, completely engrossed in a record. He taught me to...
I was afraid of speaking up.
Audrey Cao, Color Brave Circle 4 I moved to the U.S. 10 years ago for college. On the first day of college, I walked down...
Where do I go from here?
Kara, Color Brave Circle 4 It’s so easy to superficially do this work as a white woman. How do I ensure I’m actually making a...
I thought you would be Mexican.
Ryan Hernandez, Color Brave Circle 4 These words uttered to me by my soccer coach at 12 years old, as he playfully confessed his expectation...
Taking Smiling Photos at the Plantation
Jackie Riekert, Colorbrave Circle 3 I remember I visited a plantation in Louisiana and noticed a difference in the questions asked and the disposition of...
