What the heck IS race, anyway?

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I didn't learn that in school!

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I am the lone black parent....

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I am a product of tracking.

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Isn't that the symbol Nazis used?

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Don't straighten your hair, baby girl.

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My history is beyond the classroom

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White people on TV aren't me.

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Wow! You don't have any kids?

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Eliminate race question from application forms

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Why didn't we talk about this?

I Won't do your Math homework.

Do you dance around a fire?

Discussing Race (is) sometimes awkward for me

Ashamed of being mostly white. Sadly.

Family contrast black white shows beauty

Blessed to grow up in diversity

I Don't Have Any People

I don't... but I really do.

Black and part of the solution.

I'll just call you Annie instead

White-skinned negro: community of one.

Ignorance of history, convenient or willful?

Busing: white girl, black schools, lonely

Adoptive parents see teachers judge brown

Norwegian with nappy hair doesn't fit.

I'm not that A+ Aisan student.

Racial stereotypes...killing mankind...hearts blind?

Speak Spanish? You don't look Mexican.

People of Quality Respect Race Equality

Russia? Never been, mom said, perplexed.

She's just not the right fit

Effortless indigenous in melanin we trust

Why wasn't I taught this sooner?

Our tears aren't for your consumption

Guess not. Ask. Accept. Question again.

Boy From America's Heartland, Indian American

I hate being called a white boy

You're you. I'm me. We're beautiful!

I am more than a face

Biracial by birth, Black by choice

INDIVIDUALITY is what we ALL share.

My grandson is not an other!

I suppose they'll all want dignity.

Child of deaf mother, hearing world.

My son was crying for help

My mom and dad were wrong.

Mother refused to shop in Woolworth's.

Neighborhood watch: it starts with hello
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