Race means when you run around
Eric Brooklyn, NY I gave my daughter a calendar of notable African-Americans for Black history month. She thumbed through the pages and then announced “hey...
That wouldn’t happen to my son
Anne Palmer-Stein San Rafael, CA I read an article in the newspaper about a 19 year old African American youth (my white son’s age at...
Afraid children won’t look like me
Alexandria Jones Columbus, OH As a biracial woman (African American and Caucasian) who married a Caucasian man I’m afraid that our future children will not...
You act White.
Angela Tucker Seattle, WA African American adult adoptee born in the South, raised by Caucasian parents in the pacific Northwest.
“I’m not my skin or hair”
Chelsea White (African American) Ann Arbor, MI and… “My skin speaks when I don’t”
You talk like a white boy
Joseph Washington, DC from an essay I wrote in 2008: IN 1980, THE year I ran for president, the country was mired in inflation, the...
I’m Black but not African American
Carl Yard Hamden, CT I think the term African American was self serving for Black Americans .They obviously did not consider people like me who...
Not African-American. Expected to be.
Colin Mitchell Sacramento, CA Being black in this country without your family being from this country is a very interesting experience. I was an adult...
Black babies cost less to adopt
Michelle P. Covington, LA We decided to adopt a child years ago. We are not infertile, but felt like it was a great way to...
Yes, they really are my children.
Corrie Bugby Murray, UT I am a Caucasian woman who adopted three African American sons. I love them. I cherish everything about them. And I...
Not Euro-American, Not African-American, Just American.
Charles Ricker Charlotte, NC Can’t we be just American instead of hyphenated?
I’m not white; I am Czech
Joseph San Diego, CA There is no box for me. I am lumped in with all others who are not Asian, African-American, Latino, Native American,...
But you’re not white, white.
Anonymous, Baltimore, MD It was intended to be a compliment from a African-American woman to myself. I took it as that in the moment. Later...
White mother brown daughter love fear
Dina Stonberg Philadelphia, PA I have had the privilege to not have to think about race most of my life. Fell in love with a...
Your the whitest black guy.
Jason Smith Long Beach, CA I sometime catch people off-guard when I ask them what they mean by saying “your the whitest black guy I...
“Angry Black Woman”? Damn Right- And?
Katrina MA Last time I checked, yes- I am African American. Last time I checked, I was a Woman, and last time I checked I...
Single most destructive construct ever created.
Jessica Womack Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation As a white American woman with an African American husband and a mixed race ten month...
Not all negative stereotypes are unfounded
Tami Jacksonville, FL Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation (I am an African American woman who was born and raised in the South).
