Athens Archives - The Race Card Project

Wait, you are part Native-American?

Catherine Ligon, Athens, GA

I am French with curly hair

Yasmine Derbal, Athens, TX One of my teammates last year told me that I was not French because I have curly hair and and I...

Mother of all with endless love

3 years ago

Heather Nardone, Athens, TX I have been the mother to many children over the years. It is hard to walk through the zoo and hear...

Speaking Spanish? Your stealing my culture.

3 years ago

Jordan Huff, Athens, TX p>I am white, but I speak Spanish almost fluently. I love Mexican food, and entertainment primarily produced for Latinos, being that...

Race, forget it. Identity, embrace it.

4 years ago4 years ago

Will Martin, Athens, GA.

Mi madre, Americana; my dad, Paraguayan

7 years ago7 years ago

Clay Oreste Cabrera, Athens, GA

Being different shouldn’t mean treated differently

7 years ago7 years ago

Val, Athens, OH

Crazy Family Learning Acceptance Loving Life

8 years ago8 years ago

Brett Corey Miller, Athens, GA.

People never guess my race correctly

8 years ago8 years ago

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...

A costume I can’t take off.

8 years ago8 years ago

Anonymous Athens, GA Centuries ago, on the Horn of Africa, where my parents originated, Arabs crossed the Red Sea then crossbred and/or raped the indigenous...