Zimmerman verdict made me “the other.”
Christina Wong Seattle, WA I’m a second generation Asian American woman who married into a Caucasian family. I have always felt Americanized and never really...
Assimilation; there is no such thing.
Abel TX Speak English only they say. America is a melting pot; think American, be American. If you assimilate you will fit in and be...
Why the hyphen? American not enough?
Nick Keim Ellicott City, MD My original thoughts when hearing about the race card project are the six words written above. Then I started to...
Which amendment imposed Americanity on Africans?
S. Keita Washington, DC Freedom to choose was never offered.
I’m an American not Afro-American
Kelvin Scruggs Gulfport, MS Is the United States of America the only nation that classifies people by race at birth? At one time it was...
“Go back where you came from”
Richard Perez Bay Shore, NY I was born in North Kingstown RI and raised in Queens NY. Somehow, because I am Latino I am often...
African and American, not African-American.
Joy Schmidt Waxhaw, NC I was born in West Africa and adopted by Caucasian parents. But since my parents are missionaries we also live for...
Inescapable mulatto nature of American culture
Submitted via Twitter: @zerode San Francisco, CA A quote from jazz critic Albert Murray. More about Albert Murray: Taken from Albert Murray, an African American...
Number one bullied race in America
Hannah Lucky Tran Philadelphia, PA As an Asian American educator, I have personally experience and witnessed countless acts of bullying based on Asian identity and/or...
Why African-American? Why not just American?
Manuel Lluberas Jacksonville, FL Africa is not a country or a culture. It is a continent with almost fifty countries, several hundred tribes and as...
Korean, Norwegian, American-Confusing? Yes, son.
Aaron Sorensen Oneonta, NY I was adopted from Korea when I was 2 years old. Raised in a family of European descent. Who am I?...
It sucks being black in America.
Rosna Delucca Pompano Beach, FL Growing up on a small island, I was colorblind. I didn’t know that one day the color of my skin...
Irish American who’s forgotten his path
Michael Riley Mulhern Phoenix, AZ That says it all for me, embarrassing really.
Aggressive homogeneity hurts white folks too.
Erika Chester South Korea I’m an American living in South Korea, married to an American soldier stationed here. I grew up in what I recently...
Acknowledging my privilege in American society.
Danielle Morency Ann Arbor, MI I grew up in an upper-middle class suburban town composed of 93.4 percent white people. You could say that I...
Not the same, also not different
Bryan Ren Ann Arbor, MI Being an Asian American in the United States has created a dilemma. I find it hard to relate to being...
