My dad was born in Kenya (and he is not black)
Jess, Valencia, CA. My dad was born in Kenya. People then assume he is black, and I do not blame them. However, before I can...
This big chip hurts my back.
BURTON DAVIS PRICE Greenwood, MS Becoming a black professional gives one a large chip on their shoulder. This chip can be so heavy at times...
You’re Not Black, You’re Too White
KayKay Mara, Lancaster, CA. I have spent my whole life being judged by my skin color. It was never a big deal to me since...
I’m white. So you hate me.
Annie, Glen Burnie, MD. I keep seeing people saying fuck white people. I am anything but privileged. I had a black manager who hated me....
I am Black, red, white, brown
Michele Moreno-Cheverez, Santa Barbara, CA. Everyone deserves equality, equity, respect, compassion, empathy and a chance in life. One world~one people.
My Black is Best on Me
Shani Ketema, Newark, NJ. Mini Buns. Boxer Braids. Tans. Injections. Street style. TRANSLATION Bantu Knots, Cornrows, Black skin, thickness and what I’ve been wearing for...
“Darker than White, Lighter than Black.”
I grew up afraid of race. I was scared to even say “My mom is Black, My dad is white.” (It took a lot of...
“White” is not a skin tone
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer It has always confused me when people call others “white”, or “black”, because no one’s...
Black Is Just An Insecure Label
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer To me race is just a made up way to put people in groups, based...
The product of the melting pot
Ary R., Riverside, CA. I love being half black and a quarter Spanish and one quarter French. I get the best of all worlds and...
Multiracial. Black & White. Still HUMAN.
Elon Race Card Project, Isabella Cannon Room, Center for the Arts
White: Walk Free– Black: We’ll See
Laurence Barry North Attleboro, MA The above is a reference to our double-standard justice system.
It just isn’t done. Why Not?
Catherine, Beach City, OH. I have always been told by my father that ” I better not catch you with some black kid!” or by...
You didn’t tell me he’s black.
Laura Brengel Clifton Park, NY This is something a “friend” said to me as we dropped the kids off at her house so we could...
Black, white, Puerto Rican mix; not me!
Arleny, Riverside, CA. I am of no race other than myself. My parents are both Mexican, but being judge wrongly for something I’m is not...
