Being a bi-racial man is daunting.
Ron Brown Palm Desert, CA I have always felt lost on where I fit in with American society.
Seeing past the differenees, feeling hope
Suzy Spradlin Oakland, CA My beautiful bi-racial granddaughters have helped me shed the fears of difference. I recommend the experience!
Biracial is the New Black
USA Growing up biracial you feel the pain of a world still hung up on race and the hope of world that won’t be.
I’m not half white, still mixed.
Brandi Artez Boston, MA I’ve had this debate a lot over the years, where usually white people, will tell me that I’m wrong to consider...
Slavery’s legacy haunts “value” of blacks
Piper Kendrix Williams Wyndmoor, PA This morning (6/27/13) I heard the story on Morning Edition’s Race Card segment of the sliding fee scale based on...
your (biracial) children are so beautiful
Angela Flynn Providence, RI Of course it’s true, but on some level I can’t help but think they wouldn’t draw as much attention from perfect...
My skin does not define me.
Marcus Atlanta, GA Born of African American parents, raised by my African American mother and Irish-German (adopted) father. Big brother to a bi-racial sister and...
Biracial. Which box do I check?
Katherine M Clement Genoa, IL As a biracial child growing up in the mid 60’s I remember agonizing over school forms where you were asked...
Bi-Racial: I’m not “Mexican” enough?
Monica Santa Monica, CA I grew up in Texas in a small town where the population is roughly half Mexican and half white (German, Polish,...
“Mom, am I black?”
David Denver, CO Four words that chill my heart. We had adopted our biracial son when he was 15 months. Now, at four years old,...
Don’t cry. Mama loves your curls.
Hilary Roberts-King Baltimore, MD Children’s books and Sesame Street make multi-cultural living look so easy. Of course I want my daughters to be proud of...
Please fix your mixed child’s hair
Charles Hegeman Cheverly, MD All too often I see of bi-racial children with what would be best described as a birds nest on their head....
Humans’ DNA is 99% the same.
Brian W. Collins Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan Race: Race is not a defining characteristic. I’m biracial. I don’t half matter.
Why marry out of your race?
Suella Torres Deming, NM My husband and I will be celebrating our 5 year anniversary in February. We have a daughter together and 7 more...
Tan skin, hazel eyes, long hair
Kat Baltimore, MD My mother is black and my father is white. Out of their children, I am the lightest & whitest looking. Plenty of...
Called white but truly mixed race.
Amber A. Robeline, LA How many white people, especially white Americans, can actually say they are 100% white? I know I can’t and I really...
