Will they ask me or assume?
Hillary Buren, Kansas City, MO. As a biracial women growing up in am almost entirely white community I have adapted to addressing my racial ambiguity...
Ask who not what I am
Martha S. Jones, Ann Arbor, MI. Submitted via Twitter: @marthasjonesUM #TheRaceCardProject @michele_norris
Don’t ask me why I’m single
Christian Hunter, Shreveport, LA. A lot of guys at school try to ask me out and they don’t understand why I say no. Is it...
Sorry, I Just Have to Ask
Dominic, Minneapolis, MN. As the saying goes, if I have a quarter for every time… In my case, if I had a quarter for every...
People never guess my race correctly
Lara Jean DeShayes, Oakland, CA. I was born in Olongapo Philippines to a Filipina mom and French-American Naval seaman. In Oakland, I’m often assumed to...
Have courage, ask about the difference.
Mary Collins, Fort Wayne, IN. Colorblindness is not true appreciation of differences.
Why ask, when leaves glisten gold.
Lauralee Coady, Washington, DC. Georgetown Day School In the gym, step forward if you are white, back if you are black. A diversity lesson, well...
I don’t know, I’ll ask him
Mary Garris Lakeland, FL This was the response when I asked my son if his new friend in Kindergarten was a little black boy. He...
Black, Assume first, ask me never.
Ra’Chel Mills Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
I didn’t ask to be white!
Molly Hilton Troy, MI If skin color is the simply the product of birth, then why do I inherit the guilt associated with being white?...
