White but grew up as minority
Vicki Hohner, Olympia, WA While I am a white midwesterner by origin, I spent most of my formative years as a minority. First as part...
Rural Alaska, six blacks, my family.
Lydia Taylor Memphis, TN I was born and raised in Alaska. When I was 4, my father got out of the Air Force and accepted...
I was here first. Let’s share!
Alaska, PCB, FL I am Native American 100 percent! Whites stole this land, but I don’t care! We are all equal! Let’s all share this...
Black folks DO live in Alaska!
Diane “Bunny” Fleeks, Fairbanks, AK. My father arrived here in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1959. My mother and I “came into the country” (as we old...
I am more than my color
Frank Benson Knoxville, TN I am native american from Alaska. I have been mistaken for hispanic, asian, hawaiian. it’s difficult not to see someones color,...
You Have To Be Carefully Taught
Leigh Slater Hagerstown, MD We are not born hating people who are different from ourselves. Like the song from South Pacific says, hatred is taught,...
