Family is Druze for generations past.

Michael Malek Najjar
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Underestimating my role in race relations

Not from here, nor from there.

Realizing that white is a race.

You're one of us (not really).

White immigrant = not an immigrant.

That black girl lost her magic

Five race family equals great dinners!!!!

Were you raised in a barn?

Thankful mom embraced non-white cultures too.

My queerness dilutes my white privilege

Life Divided By A Common Language

Hatred is learned. Time to unlearn.

I will not be an ally

Messianic Jew Yogi? Pick one fool!

So, is your family here legally?

Yes, I married a Vietnamese man.

Mixed Kid: Where do I Belong

I am a privileged black man.

Strength is black on both sides

Do you eat dogs and cats?

As Mutt as a Mutt Gets

Hey Snow White, go back home

Ritz Cracker at your service sir

Divide in America demands one listen

Hatred hurts the hated and hater

Not a color, but God's child

We have to be color brave

We thought you didn't speak English.

I'm not black, I'm actually brown.

Took 21 Years To Be Latina

Still healing from my internalized racism

Two sons. Two colors. Two realities.

You're just a whitewashed privileged Mexican

Latina raised in the suburbs....Wepa

Not a thing. Just geography + time.

Understand that you will never understand

Why won't we just turn colorblind?

I'm a twin: Who is better

Respect, scared. Which one am I?

Four words: I'm tired of blacks.

It is called hijab not towel.

We are all in this together

Forcing diversity is what causes neo-segregation.

Finding race is like coming home.

Did I come from another planet?

Did you live in a tent?

But, you were born in U.S.A

The differences make us more authentics

Who's directing? It's HER? No Way!!

White Baby Boomer Low Wage Slave.

Drowning in generalizations; floating on truth

Never Visited the Country I Claim

18, college Junior, and only beginning

Torn. Frijoles charros or apple pie?

Progress? We've been running in place.

Colour? All you need is love

The young are not naturally prejudiced.

Jewish American princess I am not.

Adopted daughter learns what Yellow means

Three months more, would they ask?

Everyone at my church is white.

I thought they would go back

No B's in an Asian Family

Finding the strength to love!

Being biracial and adopted is complicated

Nice to meet you my friend.

Are We Really All That Different?

All have same needs, desires, fears.

Protecting son from cops and criminals.

Just another do-good white woman.

You Italian then? No, I'm Hispanic.

Born into implicit white privilege. Recovering.

Put Your Keys in Your Fists

The barriers we create for ourselves.

“Rahsheba…that is an interesting name”

Hispanic and White? You don't belong.

Asians are still humans deserving love

I was always already right here

But my 23andMe said I'm different?

I do not smell like curry

My Tenth Birthday Was Super Awkward

Latinos don't graduate, so I did

Unapologetic defender of equal rights

Genuinely love thy neighbor as thyself

Complaining and handouts only address symptoms

Asian searching for what assimilation took.

Hi. You must be the nanny.

Smart black kid plays tennis alone.

You're foreign. Not American. No way.

Why do people steal from us?
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