Always Asian, always white, always confused
Lisa Ayame Eckenrode, Asheville, NC I spend too much time on the /hapa reddit but it’s the only place I can find mixed community right...
Love. Race shouldn’t matter. Hope
Daryl Dar’rell Brown, Asheville, N.C Understanding is important. Health comes before hate. Also in some instances race. People will learn what life is actually about....
I’m Appalachian–it’s an invisible ethnicity
Catherine Vance Agrella, Asheville, NC. I’m white, and by definition am associated with some of the worst perpetrators of racism. But I also come from...
I’m a bridge between two worlds.
Jazmin Whitmore, Asheville, NC. I am the result of two worlds but I was only raised in one. My father was Jamaican and my mother...
Race, the easiest way to discriminate.
AnnAdèle Lloyd, Asheville, NC. Appearance is always how we make our initial judgement of someone on first meeting.
See me for who I am
Rob McCollough, Asheville, NC. Interfaith; Vietnamese & “Other”. Because I am told that I am ‘lucky I can pass for white’
White privilege is power. Listen. Act.
Stephen Wollentin Asheville, NC In the words of French philosopher Voltaire, ”with great power comes great responsibility.” I believe it is my responsibility, as one...
I listened in apartheid South Africa
Ann Karson Asheville, NC In 1963, I was an active member of the Liberal Party of South Africa, a small, multi-racial group, a political party...
Asked my race, I say “human”.
Jeff Byrum Asheville, NC I can’t remember where I first heard this, but now, whenever I’m asked for my race, my answer is “human.” When...
I’m a mutt and I’m proud!
Lily Nadal Asheville, NC I’m one quarter Irish, one quarter Greek, one quarter Puerto Rican, and one quarter Native American. And even though I have...
