Artsy, Kind and Curious. That’s Me
Shamar Birden, Ashland, VA I’m Shamar Birden, I’m a freshman at Virginia State specializing in computer science. I have many skills and some experiences that...
Finding purpose, creating paths, achieving fulfillment
Omar Skiba, Ashland, MA My name is Omar Skiba I go by he/him, I am 20 years old from Ashland Ma. I am now going...
“You can pass.” Lifetime identity struggle.
Erica Jameson, Ashland, OR. My parents adopted five muti-racial children, something unheard of in the rural mountain town we lived in. Between being confused about...
I wish I were something else
Ashley, Ashland, VA It’s very hard to be proud of the skin you are in when your ancestors were terrible people.
Cultures touching make new shared experiences
Shannon Harris, Ashland, OR. We need to open up the idea of what it means to be “American.” American is all of us and all...
I struggle with appreciation and appropriation.
Alec Marchant Ashland, OR As a white male who finds much inspiration, pleasure and interest in cultures other than my own, I sometimes worry if...
“Ethnically Ambiguous” shouldn’t prompt guessing games.
Ana Byers Ashland, OR It is tiresome, rude and de-humanizing to be stopped by strangers so they can guess “where I am from.” It is...
I had never felt so uncomfortable.
Jennifer Ashland, KY I am from a small city in Kentucky… people automatically think “Do you have your teeth”, “Do you wear shoes”, “She hates...
Best friend seventh grade was black.
John Fisher-Smith Ashland, OR . I immigrated from UK in 1939 when I was 12 1/2 years old and entered 7th grade in Huntington Long...
