Spit towards my feet on train.

Azeem Raheem
Chicago, IL

Happened about a week after 9/11 as I was headed home from school on a Chicago train.

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Ask how to help ... Do. Repeat.

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Why hate when you can equate.

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My friend is not even Mexican

Give invisible minorities a chance at brilliance

Don’t teach kids labels too early.

A border town taught me understanding

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You're white, stop saying you're Hispanic

Not Connected To My Own Heritage

Immigrant comes in all races/colors.

Boat, plane, train. You're here now.

A Social Construct, Race Matters Everywhere

Racism is festered pride and ignorance

One Family Between Two Dangerous Countries.

Don't believe everything that you think

Very white city. Emergency Shelter: Technicolor

My Industry can't get Latino right.

I fell for the assimilation trap

How did you get a boy?

You are what you must defend

I don't care about blacks anymore.

But you don't look Puerto Rican

Two Black Lesbian Daughters. Say What?!

I dislike hate because of color.

How to protect my black son?

I'm only allowed to be white

Really, but you don't look Mexican.

My skin color tells you nothing.

Ashamed that accomplished minorities surprise me.

Southern Belle? No. Korean husband.

Your fear is not my fault.

I grew up in the 98118

Grandma's racial rejection disappeared with Olivia

Living on the intersections of Afro-Latinidad

Bass Pro Shops and Guava Pastries

Aussie, but forced to be white

It is okay to be White

Don't you want to drink vodka?

I am the product of immigrants

bruh.. it's just melanin

Belonging to four, and yet none.

If you're Asian, you're a computer

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