Mom always said “You’re too American.”

Ben Sian
Atlanta, GA

Born in the US to Filipino parents.

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Didn't know you were an alien

You bleed ed, I bleed red

I didn’t know you speak Spanish

Wik na tiki wawa bastən wawa

Race is nonsense. We are humanity.

Im not a dream chase. Im a goal Hunter.

Mythical norm, is what I be

Race is not a race

Why Not Put My Needs First?

I won't bear my ancestor's sins.

Things I'm sick of PoC saying

Oh you're blonde...typical white girl

Just like a 'lectric clock ticking

When We Outnumber You, You'll See!

Call me Caitlyn - a new Jenner-ation

So, are you Mexican or Spanish?

My skin color doesn't define me

Where are you from?

We have so much in common.

R A C E! Four letters that define us.

My Skin Doesn't Define Who I Am

I want to help change things.

Straight, white male not a privilege

How people judge you, or not

Facts don't care about your feelings

Black is believed to be dangerous

I Am My Own Unique Identity

I'm not the RIGHT minority.

I am more than a race

Judgment based on an individual's ACCENT.

Deeper than skin. History’s evolving mistress

I can see it in your face.

I'm Mexican (but) get confused as Asian

Wow, you don't have an accent!

Black mom. Blonde daughter. She yours?

People here mostly assume I'm WHITE

I ask again, am I racist?

See my color. I see yours.

You don't look like a Mexican.

I don't fit anywhere: Multiracial identity

Would it happen if they're white?

Single White Dads Need Help Too.

She will never have a quinceanera

My Name Was a White Girl

Black-white man; white black man

Foot in sink, awkward first meeting

I'm too mixed to fit in

My grandparents met in the KKK

Learn, feel, reflect, act, reflect. Repeat.

I'm a bridge between two worlds.

I'M NOT ASHAMED OF MY SKIN

Does my skin color really matter?

Love being black, mangoes, drumming, tropics.

My constant companion; good, bad, unrelenting

God created race people created racism

But Your Not Really Black

What's it like, in your skin?

Black Man Father Kids Race

Latina I am I am me

Secretly Jewish, with no idea why

Stop talking like a white girl

Working to understand my white privilege.

An angry and privileged white woman

I'm okay with no racial majority

Indian or American? Why not both?

I'm tired of being called evil.

Warning!!! Educated black women walking by

Si Senor! I am US citizen

You do not look Puerto Rican.

Look, another stupid white guy commercial

Let's abolish this concept now, please!

I will not yield to you.

Your accent... Are you from here?

Your sons' dad must be black.

Anti-Semitism and anti-white exist

Silently ashamed by my Anglo-Saxon heritage.

Conscious self-reflection of my identity.

Will they ask me or assume?

You are holding the binoculars backwards.

The nun made me mark white.

Native American. White Man. Our Gold.

No 2 people are exactly alike

Its OK to take up space

African-American descendant of Nathan Bedford Forrest

Black, but I don't fear police

No, where are you really from?

Little English better than NO English

Actions speak louder then six words.

Dream To See Hear And Love

People see my eyes, not heart.
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