You are more than one race?
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Before this project I didn’t know much about race or racism, but then I figured...
I’m not “white”, I am human.
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Personally, people haven’t been racist to me, but I have heard racist things being said...
“You don’t know me, no judging”
As a kid, people call me brown sugar, or caramel, and think of me as a kid who crossed the border with her family illegally,...
Too ambiguous to fit in anywhere.
Tasha L., Largo, MD. I am adopted, raised by a half French/half Black mother and full-blooded Sicilian father. I am half Black, quarter Indian (India)...
What color is she? -Grandma
Ashley Ward Edgewood, MD My Grandmother grew up in a different time, where to be light was right and to be dark was wrong. My...
I’m American – where’s my checkbox?
Blair White Haddad, Los Angeles, CA. Being the child of an adopted mother, for a long time I only knew half of my genetic make...
“Are you Irish?” I don’t know.
Andee Bateman, Noblesville, IN. As an adoptee with flaming red hair, I was asked this question frequently. I found out at 47 that I am...
We all bleed, we all hurt
Naadu Addico Poughkeepsie, NY Physical differences caused by a person’s genetic makeup cannot have large effects on a person’s social interaction. It is the way...
“He’s not really yours, is he?”
Stacey Golden Portland, OR I am Euro-American and my husband is African American. When we decided to adopt children, we adopted children that had bio-parents...
My kids: one white, one brown.
Sarah Day, Waynesboro, VA I have an adopted child and a biological child. My son looks Hispanic, Arabic, you choose. I fear for him, have...
We don’t want your “White” America
Joel Wasinger Wylie, TX By all appearances, I’m “white” and I was raised in white middle class America. My biological father was Hispanic (my relatives...
Yes, I am her biological mother.
Mira Tanna Orlando, FL My father is from India, my mother from the Netherlands, and I am married to a man from Nigeria. I look...
Yes, he is my biological son.
Naomi Raquel Enright Brooklyn, NY My father was Jewish-American of Eastern European ancestry and my mother is from Guayaquil, Ecuador of African, Spanish, and Native...
What are you? White, Indian or Mexican?
Ronald Hill Grove Hill, PA My biological father was Mexican and split before I was born. The man I call my dad is white. My...
Race? Biologically, it does not exist.
Edward Chomka Warwick, RI Color discrimination? Unfortunately, alive and well.
Yes, they really are my children.
Corrie Bugby Murray, UT I am a Caucasian woman who adopted three African American sons. I love them. I cherish everything about them. And I...
We all, One color, One day
Chris A. Portland, OR I believe this is a social and biological inevitability. Interracial marriage is driving it, and will continue to do so at...
