Terrified my toddler will become Trayvon.
Safra Altman Savannah, GA I was pregnant with my black, white, Jewish, Gullah-Geechee son when Trayvon Martin was killed. Our son is 9 months old.
How do I stop being racist?
Bobbie Virginia Beach, VA I have so many confused thoughts about race. If everyone around me is white, and I’m white, what else should I...
I will never be black enough.
Lagaria Farmer Springfield, TN This was hammered into me starting in the 7th grade – mostly by other black kids, but it extended to family...
Kids in behavior class all black.
Michelle Baird Berkeley, CA My daughter is in a fairly diverse elementary school. She is African-American, I am white. She commented one day on the...
NOT a singer- a Black violinist.
Danielle Taylor Oakland, CA Yes, we really exist. Thank you for doing this Michele. It is incredibly important.
White in North, Black in South
Lea Setegn Richmond, VA Growing up in Rochester, New York, I spent my elementary school years in a Catholic school that was 99% white. I...
“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,...
Are those boys your biological children?
Wendy Allmendinger North Attleboro, MA I was asked this question far too many times to count when my children were little. I am white, my...
Are you sure you are Black?
Saundra Davis San Francisco, CA Biracial before it was cool…people often refuse to accept that I’m a Black woman…or they assume I would rather be...
Wanted brown skin before I understood.
Nancy Silverrod San Francisco, CA As a kid, before I understood anything about racism, I wished I was black, because I thought people with brown...
White Mom, Black Son, barbershop revelations
Kathy Osborne Greensboro, NC Trans-racial adoption has given me new eyes regarding race. I am Caucasian, my son is multi-racial but appears black to the...
My President is black, and white.
Kenneth L. Fisher Saint Michaels, MD My wife is white and I am black. I want my children to be Black AND white since they...
Black. Cuban. Both. Are you sure?
Guinevere Thomas New Haven, CT So many times I often get the “what are you mixed with?” question. Like any Black person from the Americas,...
It sucks being black in America.
Rosna Delucca Pompano Beach, FL Growing up on a small island, I was colorblind. I didn’t know that one day the color of my skin...
Afropean-American, I made it up.
Laura Kupe Ann Arbor, MI My parents are originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, I was born in Germany, raised in Luxembourg and Metro-Detroit....
