Being blonde isn’t always more fun.
Heather Raymond Grand Rapids, MI Understanding Race Project – University of Michigan People say that “blondes have more fun,” but having light hair isn’t what...
“Mexican? Good joke, you’re clearly white.”
Alfredo Holguin Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan Shorty Summary: I decided to choose these 6 words as my race card because...
My natural hair isn’t a statement.
Michelle Mabson, Ann Arbor, MI. Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan I wear my hair the way it grows out of my head…no chemical enhancements....
My RACE: Representing American Chinese Eyes.
Eileen Ho Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan Do we look at race or see with race, or both?
I am Hapa, I am American.
Mark Moldwin, Ann Arbor, MI. Understanding Race Project University of Michigan
No One Can Stop Chinese Kid
Sean Ji, Ann Arbor, MI. The reason I said these 6 words is because ever since I came to the U.S at the age of...
Where Are You From? No Answers.
Charley Sullivan, Ann Arbor, MI. Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan It was 1976. I was 12, and just moved back to the DC suburbs...
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...
A bridge divided; submerged in mind.
Anonymous, Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan Race is an abstraction that can only be interpreted emblematically through the eyes of its...
Polo, Khakis, Sperry’s, still a N*****!
Chaddirck G Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan No matter how I dress, what I do, or say I am viewed this...
Refugee. Iraqi AND American. No Hyphen.
Banen Al-Sheemary Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
THE reason I have a scholarship.
Marilou Ingles, Romulus, MI. I am American Indian, I grew up in poverty, and I am from the South. I often joke that I received...
The house I did not build
Adam Paberzs, Ann Arbor, MI. Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan Here are some other 6-word essays that you may use under my name (I...
Acceptance, like art, comes in all colors.
Harold Rice, Ann Arbor, MI. On Location: University of Michigan The University of Michigan has the 8th most international students in the country, which causes...
