I am a privileged person of color.

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Being me is unique and beautiful!

Anger stole my sense of joy

What do you people call Grandma?

You Sound White When You Talk

Different skin tones, same color blood.

German? What are you a Nazi?

Are you sure you're not Indian?

Such pretty hair, are you mixed?

Smart black kid plays tennis alone.

Race is irrelevant. Mind over mask.

Everybody is racist in their own way

Diverse origins, shared humanity, complex histories

Deportes compartido historico alegre feliz honesto

Girls are different? Sorry, didn't know.

You change your hairstyle a lot.

We're crayons in a chalk box

Sometimes White. Sometimes Black. Sometimes Latino.

No, I am not an oreo.

Race Is Perception, Adjust Yours!

She said, The Jews killed Jesus.

A Cajun Girl in her Kilt

Prison made me fear black people

Accused of racism because I'm white

Your last name has two L's?

No, they're not adopted; they're mine.

How can I help us heal?

Stuck in-between, but maybe that's good

I am not your model minority

Fully Korean, can barely understand it

Restore Hope; Peace, Love, Unity, Respect

Hard to live up to yellow

They're beautiful, why are they white?

All are one, bonds of Humanity

Black White Society Makes Me Choose

I look Asian but I am Mexican

Her Spanish is better than yours?

Not all Mexicans speak fluent Spanish

You don't look Asian to me.

We love people of all colors

Let me walk in your shoes

My background doesn't define my intelligence

Embrace differences, unite as one race.

Love does not envy or boast.

We are one race. Human race.

Proud of my skin, not defined.

“You talk so proper,” Dude, what?

Black Love Still Exists In Society

Indian women are not your maids

Diversity, resiliency, respect, unity and God

Our colors blend, creating harmony together.

One is not all, vice versa

Working Harder for the Same Opportunities

White woman wondering why racism exists

International family, want to stay local

I'm doing the best I can.

Racial animus is exhausting. Stop it.

Your Statistics do not define me

How pretty, she came out guerita

My skin color doesn't define me.

Mexican American is not less American.

Culture, Melanin, Stereotype, Appearance, Organize, Myth

Black Women are not your Rehab

It describes me, but doesn't define

Not all of us are mean

Small town upbringing, big city dreams

Embrace diversity, break barriers, cultivate unity.

God help my people, nobody will

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

I'm American and proud of it!

Nah, where are you really from

I’m a white man. The villain.

White child calls black man Dad

Jumped by blacks, but not fearful.

Mixed Kid: Where do I Belong

Strength is black on both sides

As Mutt as a Mutt Gets

You're just a whitewashed privileged Mexican

Adopted daughter learns what Yellow means

Latina raised in the suburbs....Wepa

Gay doesn't make me less Black

Messianic Jew Yogi? Pick one fool!

Yes, I married a Vietnamese man.

I am a privileged black man.

Divide in America demands one listen

Small brown flecks on a tortilla

The outside will not make who you are

Fit in everywhere, but not anywhere

Mexican- American is not less American.

White outside and brown on inside.

My skin doesn't reveal my soul
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