Fighting just to be considered “American”
Christopher Kang, Arlington, VA. Love the project–only six words is hard! 🙂
Can’t fit me in a box!
Myriah, Arlington, VA. All my life I’ve gotten the “what are you?” question. It seems to be human nature to try and categorize people in...
Coding as white isn’t the same.
Kristina Ogilvie, Arlington, VA. It just struck me, I guess: on paper (i.e. a resume) I am for all intents and purposes a white girl....
I am not just African American.
Erica Watts, Arlington, TX. Growing up, I believed that I was all African American. My mother was African American and so was my brother and...
Filipino in America; American in Philippines
Ryan, Arlington, VA. Like many first generation Americans who have tried to “blend” to American culture so deeply, it’s hard to know what your racial...
Dress like trouble, seen as trouble
Mike Arlington, VA I’m tired of people dressing, acting, talking like trouble makers, gangsters or criminals then complaining of discrimination. You will become as those...
America’s minority education is in crisis
Alondra K. Poindexter Arlington, TX I am a doctoral candidate at Texas Wesleyan University. I am currently working on my dissertation “Cultural Identity and African...
Do Black People Truly Hate Themselves?
Carlton Yearwood, Arlington, VA. Why the killing, why the hate, why the rape and tears…why, why, why? If we cannot love and respect one another,...
Drank from the wrong fountain: white.
Ty Cooper Arlington, VA I was born (1950) into a family of sharecroppers in eastern NC. We lived one mile from the nearest road. I...
I am ashamed of my racism.
Ann Wroth Arlington, VA As a proud liberal feminist I am ashamed of the racism I carry inside. #whitepeopleproblems
I am American, stop insisting otherwise.
Erin Arlington, VA My brown skin and Asian features do not make me a perpetual foreigner. I am a born and raised New Englander. I...
