Bad hair good. Hair, me roar!
Susan Williams Frappier, Canada. It`s just a hair thing. I spent my childhood wanting to have bouncy, floaty, flippable hair. It`s only now at 37…38...
Watching White Southern Hate Devastated Me
Aviyah Farkas, Los Angeles, CA I am a 73 y.o. woman who grew up on the Lower East Side, Manhattan; a multi ethnic, multi colored...
‘I don’t see color’ is cringeworthy.
Jasmine Honegan. Brazil. Growing up as one of 5 black families in an all white town in CT, ‘ I don’t see color’ was the...
Race: Miraculous variety of external appearance
Maggie Burrall, Boulder, CO I am continually moved by the seemingly infinite variety of manifestation of form, substance, appearance and beauty in our earth and...
My Skin Color Poses a Threat
Mia Woodard, Dallas, TX Because of my skin color, when I’m out in public I am looked at with disgust and spoken to rudely. Because...
I see color, and it’s Beautiful.
Rebecca G Eckert, Chesapeake, VA I have always hated the statement, ‘I don’t see color.” It is important to embrace our differences and find the...
Love Comes Naturally, Racism is Learned
Mengyao Jiang, Chengdu, Sichuan Racism is hate, racism thinks one is superior, another is weak. However, race is a matter of just means different. Different...
Beauty and strength in our differences
Joan E. Beaudoin, Wayne State, Oakland MI One of my favorite public art murals is located in the Grays Ferry are of Philadelphia. Called the...
“Beauty Inside Shines through the Outside”
Matthew Powers, Riverside, CA. “Growing up Irish and being raised by a single mom in the 50’s and 60’s in Omaha I saw racial tension...
My race is not my story!
Karlee Jackson, Mckinleyville, CA I’ve never understood race. Is race the color of my skin, my heritage, the way I feel about myself, or what...
Although it divides, I find beauty
Simone Pratt Brooklyn, NY I can talk about race all day… I work in multicultural advertising so it’s what I do, but outside of work...
I love my hair and skin.
Valerie Elverton Dixon, East St Louis, IL. As an African-American woman living in a society where the standard of beauty is light skin and straight...
My Black IS Beautiful
Rae Winfrey, Chicago, IL. It is so satisfying that black beauty is now viewed as a compliment and not an insult. Where we embrace our...
The consequences of hegemony are blinding.
Alba Isabel Lamar, China. The idea of beauty has, for many years, been defined by western ideology and western media. Women of color are both...
BLACK AND FAT WHICH WAS ENOUGH!
Shari L. Burgess, Wayne State, Detroit, MI How dare I be black and then choose to be fat. Elephant, Big Nose, Whispers and Out loud...
I’m not prettier because I’m white.
Rhiannon Watkins, Centennial, CO. Why are magazines always filled with white and light-skinned women? I have never in my life had a shortage of skinny,...
You’re you. I’m me. We’re beautiful!
Leah Wright, Cartersville, GA. My mom is my hero because she stood tall against her racist family and refused to pass on the fear and...
