Mixed heritage. Feeling strange growing up
Katie Moore New Echota, GA I used to hate the way I looked growing up. My mom & brother had fair skin & freckles &...
More than what meets the eye
Brooke Evans, Auburn, GA Many people assume that because I’m white I have all of the opportunity or the upper hand compared to people of...
Hispanic Guy Trying To Fit In
Cesar Bazo, Auburn, AL. I know deep inside myself that I belong to a minority group here in the United States. I am a Peruvian...
What kind of Asian are you?
Hallie, Auburn, WA This is what I get the most as an international student studying in the United States of America. I feel like it...
Not all cops are bad cops
Manveer Singh, Auburn, WA Just because there are a couple of crooked/racist cops doesn’t mean all are the same. With everything going on with our...
Veil, black, nationality, gender, food, proper names
Asmaa Benbaba, Auburn, AL. In more instances than one, the veil is considered as a symbol of subservience and exclusion by western media. As a...
The Butter Mexi- Rican, That’s Me
Evangely Arzola, Auburn, WA I am Evy, born with the curliest, long brown hair, brown skin, and black eyes. I am biracial, Mexican, and Puerto...
Not from here, not from there.
Arizbeth Martinez, Auburn, WA Having moved to the US from Mexico when I was a kid, oftentimes I find that I don’t feel welcome in...
A brokenness often neglected, never forgotten.
Daniel Harrison, Auburn, AL. What do I mean by neglected? I don’t just mean the easily targeted racists who are the enemy to be removed...
Trust me…I am a doctor
Dr. Carmen Beverly Auburn, AL Not your nurse, maid or clerk…really a fierce brown lady doctor trying to keep everyone well.
Challenging the knowledge has no age
Hugo Santos, Auburn, AL. I am a literature professor in Brazil and after completing 40 years of age, I’ve decided to come to United States...
Diversity educates the mind and soul!
Vivian Dimmel Liverpool, NY Retired inner city school teacher who had to return to the suburbs and the mindset of ignorant people in my retirement.
Alabama. MLK assassinated. Students cheered. Horrified
Jerry Falek Santa Cruz, CA A group of us in our 60s and 70s were talking about the Civil Rights movement. My friend Eduardo was...
