Yes I’m Jewish, Yes I’m Blonde.
Summer, Camarillo, CA I am Ashkenazi Jewish and have always known so, and was raised speaking English and Yiddish. I am fair skinned, blue eyes...
Why isn’t my Quincenera proof enough?
Emily Angelica Roldan, Saint Francisville, LA. My father is from Colombia and my mother is from Georgia. I have pale freckled skin, glasses, and I...
You are smarter than you look
Amanda Sperow, Chehalis, WA. Oregon State University Because I am a young woman with blonde hair, and I take pride in the way I look...
Black mom. Blonde daughter. She yours?
Amber Duke, New Albany, IN. My bi-racial daughter has her father’s blond hair and fair skin. Soon after she was born, I was shocked when...
You Aren’t Native, You Are White!
Taylor Danielle, Morris, MN. Being a “full” Native American is not defined by phenotypic gene expression. Yes, I am a blue-eyed, blonde Native American.
That’s weird, your kids are blonde.
Brian Parra, Oxnard, CA. Without fail, the first thing a person remarks on, upon seeing my kids, is that they are blonde and I am...
Yes, those boys are my brothers.
Julia Guerra, Austin, TX. My brothers are very important figures in my life. They were born to a white mom and a white dad. They...
I thought you would be dumb.
Mary, Switzerland When a close friend tells you what her first impression of you was, simply because you are a blonde American woman.
Not Member of Your White Club
Britt Verstegen, Socorro, NM. I grew up as a blonde, blue-eyed kid in an interracial family within a racially diverse neighborhood of inner-city Detroit. My...
Not just a little white girl
Nicolette Vogelman, West Chester, PA Most people see me as a quiet, little blonde girl. Honestly, I’ve heard people refer to me as a little...
Whites can’t tell blondes apart either
Erin Jones, Lake Placid, NY How many times have I known people (mostly fellow whites, but also blacks?) who can’t tell two people apart if...
Yes I’m blonde, don’t make assumptions
Melissa Villegas, Temecula, CA. From as far back as I can remember people assume that because I am blonde I have the most fun and...
Defined by race – who am I?
Jamie Lee Myers Jacksonville, FL Many people seem to identify who they are by their race. We also all seem to have a tendency toward...
I’m the blonde on the bus
Peggy Magnusson San Pedro, CA In exchange for the stress of freeway traffic, I have begun taking the bus to and from work. For most...
Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb blonde.
Heather Saskia Nichols, Maple Grove, MN. I do not bleach my hair. I do not color my hair. I do not highlight my hair. I...
