I’m not their nanny, I’m Mom
Michele Ypsilanti, MI My darling boys are Chinese and Black but look more racially non-specific; even while I lived in northern CA, what people think...
You’re not Black. You are African.
Sope Lanlehin Columbus, IN Though Nigerian by birth, I still get this said to me quite a bit.
Black. Not Black Enough. Too Black.
Toolie, Anchorage, AK. To the black community, I “act” too white to be like them. To the white community, my skin is too dark to...
Black and white at their grayest.
Brelynn Evans Riverton, UT This sentence came from the idea of the phrases: “the difference between the two are black and white” and “the similarities...
Black Beautiful Undaunted Resiliant Creative Forever
Jermaine Lowe New York City, NY Brooklyn The people and the culture will always be copied, subjected and hated. Luckily, we will endure and continue...
You don’t really sound black.
Marc Dumas Chicago, IL Growing up going to integrated schools, I’ve always been told this. My response, as drilled into me by my parents, was...
People judge me because I’m black
Devika Lee Chapel Hill, NC I see your expression. When I say the first three words, and your eyebrows go up because I don’t speak...
Mixed Family all about love, always
Jeffery Sweet Kenosha, WI I am white and my wife is black. We have a son who is the most beautiful person in this world....
Be Proud Of Your Family Heritage
Katrina V. Cromwell, Pearl Harbor, HI. My father is Hispanic and White and my mother is Black. They met in high school and they have...
My sons aren’t black, I’m white.
Bonnie F. Xenia, OH Labeling my sons black, when I am clearly white, disregards and disrespects who they are and who I am.
