basketball Archives - The Race Card Project

I don’t care if I’m good

Ricky Vang, Saint Paul, MN. Being Asian, you were never really praised by others in sports unless you’re really good at it. It just sucked...

Elizabeth S, USA. Is he on the basketball team? Does he play football? I’m white and in an interracial relationship. Whenever someone new sees a...

Sean Ji, Ann Arbor, MI. The reason I said these 6 words is because ever since I came to the U.S at the age of...

Alexander Hileman Commerce City, CO People are afraid in parts of the USA to be seen with white people. I was down in Texas, and...

Roy Yuan, Mountain View, CA Is there something peculiar about this image? Well, whether you’re racist or not, you probably guessed it. Out of the...

Grady Barrens, Twitter: @realGinsanta @michele_norris #sixwordstory #theracecardproject

Alexis Fink, Altoona, PA. I’m a 6′ female and the most frequent question I’m asked is if I play basketball.

Ehsanullah, Ashburn, VA. Family of four From Afghanistan Love Basketball

Michael Erike Los Angeles, CA Black….if I’m still in school at this age I must be an athlete right…wrong. There’s more to any race than...

Dianna Hamden, CT I realize that height isn’t necessarily race, but it’s a preconception that I’ve dealt with my entire life. Yes, I’m over 6...

Ryan Muldoon, Severna Park, MD. I like playing basketball but no one picks me.

Patrick Battle Forest Park, IL I grew up in mixed environments and have had always had friends of different and mixed races. Still, I find...

Sandra Morris Armuchee, GA I grew up in Vidalia, Ga. in the 60’s. I was babysat by women of color who also cleaned house for...

Curt Lyons Fort Collins, CO My father lost two children to violent deaths, when I was young, and it wasn’t until I was older that...