Was known “The Whitest Black Girl”

Andrea Vonstein,
Akron, OH.

During high school, I was considered the whitest black girl because I got along with them so much.

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Norris brings The Race Card Project to Syracuse University

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SPJ honors Norris for exceptional service to journalism

Is It Racist to Ask People Where They're From?

Invitation to a Hanging: Listen to the Interview

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Pro-Publica: Segregation Now

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Aussie, but forced to be white

Living on the intersections of Afro-Latinidad

What is considered Mexican enough?

Leave my siblings alone you bigots

But you’re not Italian... are you?

Take America, leave Europe for whites.

Bass Pro Shops and Guava Pastries

“Is there something on my forehead?”

Friends Family and the pursuit of success

I'm White And I Can't Apologize

Don't be prejudiced, open your mind.

No, I’m not Italian or Spanish

Oblivious to white privilege until educated.

So was she born in Africa?

Obsession, misunderstanding, deference, guilt, revenge, manipulation

Colorblind bigotry, religion is shunned here

We'll call you Susan White Girl.

Divide in America demands one listen

Let my struggles refine me.

I'm caramel, you're peach, we're sweet!

We are not the color yellow

What You See Is Not Complete

Yes, Brown is beautiful and worthy

He's black he must gang bang

When people ask... What are you?

Home. The Projects. White and confused.

Are you planning to go home?

I'm done with all the fights

Multi-racial man without a country to call home.

Sorry, you said you're what? Lao?

Places where race does not exist

Not Blind, Just Free of Hate.

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Need to Stop Worrying About Race

LAND OF OPPORTUNITY AND FREEDOM

You're like... WHITE white

Two countries, not part of either.

What If I Am Not White?

I can fluently understand, not speak.

I'm not allowed to be country.

One Family Between Two Dangerous Countries.

Not Enough to be Either One

How could I live here if otherwise?

Of both worlds belong to neither

I am American no qustions needed

My heart will forever be grateful

Struggle is an equal-opportunity ass-kicker, sorry.

A World With Out A Mirror!

Singapore is a country? Definitely America...

Entire countries meld in this body.

What if this climber were Trayvon

Where is the country of “White” ?

My voice is always hidden away.

Mi madre, Americana; my dad, Paraguayan

My children jumpstarted my racial identity.

Race is a weaponized social construct

Being silent has its consequences too

Equity is nice. Justice is better!

“Ciesielski.” How do you pronounce that.

Never judge a book by cover...

Does my brown offend your white?

No hate in my country’s pride.

Wait, what’s your race? Makes sense.

Bad Mexican

Hispanic and white and proud

No, I'm not racist for existing

I am everything, we all are.

Australian born Chinese, belongs to neither

I talk the walk too much!

A group bound by cultural similarities.

Stanford's not for people like you.

I am brown and I am Beautiful!

You're Pakistani- so you're basically Indian right?

I wish I liked spicy food

Your race is not an impediment

Ignorance is not a legitimate excuse.

My white race is always present.

You're White, you shouldn't feel oppressed.

Learn about each other. End pain.

What you see is not me

I didn't ask to be white

Why must we have a label

You're Invited! You're not a minority?

Subconsciously, Blackness Blinds To Positive Possibilities

What is, uhmm, race is uhmm...

My dear friend's current life below

11 years. Silence from my father.

Our silence will not protect us.

When money talks, people are silenced

Fear is so hard to admit
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