Thankful mom embraced non-white cultures too.
Adrianne Tomkinson, Aurora, IL I am white. I am female. I grew up poor with black, brown, white and yellow neighbors. I loved and felt...
Where are you from China? Korea?
Anonymous, Aurora, CO As an Asian-American I am typically asked by my peers where I am from, or automatically assume I am either Chinese or...
You’re Not Like Us, Fake Hispanic
Isabelle Roybal, Aurora, CO I’ve always grown up not being able to speak Spanish, yet I’ve always identified as a Hispanic. However, regardless of my...
I am definitely blacker than you
Aubrey Armstrong, Aurora, CO These are the words that I hear from white kids my age who think they know what being black is. I...
I’m Picket White fence Family White
Abi, Aurora, CO I’ve grown up in the suburbs where the families all seem perfect and happy life the picket white fence families, Mine wasn’t...
The Language I wish I Spoke
Jaymi Serna, Aurora, CO Growing up in a primarily Mexican area, my family only spoke spanglish or slang not actually Spanish. It never used to...
Look Asian but culturally I wasn’t
Allison, Aurora, CO I grew up in a very Americanized community although my family was very cultural. All my friends in school were white leaving...
Love within this one race.
Patricia Duhalde, Aurora, CO This man is my soulmate. Didn’t know much about his experience on this planet until I fell in love with him....
Well How Black Am I Really?
Carnesia, Aurora, CO. As far back as I can remember I’ve always been told by past educators that I am very “well mannered” unlike the...
Raised in segregated north, I’m racist.
Rev. Kathy Bird DeYoung, Aurora, CO. I was raised in metro Detroit in one of the white northern suburbs. Now I live in the most...
Tail the black guy buying moscato.
Erik Aurora, CO I was in a mixed-race neighborhood, in line at a convenience store behind a black man checking out with a white clerk....
Where did you meet your wife?
Brian Comerford Aurora, CO I notice when many husbands are asked a similar question, the word “where” is substituted with “how”; my impression is that...
Race generalization is not for everyone
Alex Campbell, Aurora, IL. People come in many different shapes, sizes, colors, and with different histories. It is unreasonable to pack many millions of people...
Science isn’t convinced race even exists.
Ann Sz, Aurora, IL. Check out the realities of race, in an article like – it describes race as a “weak surrogate” for a variety...
