You’re white not black, stop acting.
Autumn Danielsen, Maquoketa, IA Moving from a bigger city to a small town, I hear a lot of comments like: Why do you dress that...
Hey Boy, you don’t act Black
Anthony Strong, Pheonix, AZ. Being mixed, half black and half Cuban, my life has been a hurricane of racial confusion, offenses, and frustration. I was...
Which side do you identify most with?
Gentry Hopkins, Nashville, TN Being biracial presently gives an interesting viewpoint on many social aspects. I often get the questions “are you more white or...
Black, Papua New Guinea, curious, adopted
Brittany Barnes Reno, NV I am adopted. I was born in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, now known as Western New Guinea. I don’t really tell people...
Calling me white is not compliment
Chappell Watkins, Indianapolis, IN. I’m a 47 year old black male I’ve grown up in all white neighborhoods, and over the years I’ve had multiple...
Mullet. Dashiki. Mom White. Step-dad Black.
Paco Romane, San Francisco, CA. I grew up in an all white racist small town, with a hispanic nickname (paco), a white mom, and a...
Why do you always act white?
Anika Moore Gulfport, MS You can not act a color. You can not be a color. Just because I speak as though I have read...
We are who we make us
Desiree’ Parker, Sacramento, CA. In a room full of black people I am comfortable, in a room full of white people I am comfortable, in...
Stop saying black people are White!
Thomas Vance College Park, MD 14 yr old teen tired of white people saying I don’t act black.
What am I, I am human.
Anne Ward Masterson Anchorage, AK Growing up Black, White and Cherokee in NH in the 1960’s and 70’s made for some painful tensions. In Kindergarten...
