Half Japanese Half Irish Hapa? Whateva
Lois Ann Knezek, Sanger, TX. I was born and raised in Hawai’i to a Hawai’i born Japanese woman and an Irish Bostonian. Luckily, in Hawai’i,...
I can do it, should I?
Katie E, Boston, MA A friend of mine from another state graduated her class’ valedictorian. She received a full-ride scholarship to college and ultimately, she...
Learning and living are not schooling.
Laura Reeder, Boston, MA. I teach teachers. I am a teacher. I am exhausted by the confusion that we perpetuate about who deserves to learn...
I’m not what’s convenient for you
Erika Sato, Boston, MA Growing up bi-racial usually means that people try and choose your race for you as if one is better over the...
No Color Leaves The World Plain.
LesleyAnn Moore, Boston, MA. Race is beautiful. Diversity fills the globe and allows freedom of expression through its inhabitants. We are born already filled with...
Blood and Tears But Footprints Remain
Justin John Banks, Boston, MA. My ancestors were both Native and African American. The U.S. was molded by the labor of both of these brave...
Caucasian is/not White – really?
SM Boston, MA When I was 22, I received my first speeding ticket, which I deserved as I was speeding. It was a speed trap...
I like a mix of people.
Maureen McConnell, Inverness, FL. Since I taught in Boston public schools 30 years ago, my view of the racial landscape has forever changed. Since then,...
White moms. Brown kids. Colorblind love.
Melanie Gilbert, Boston, MA. Love who you are not what you are.
Men tortured by great-great-grandfather torture me.
Robert Carroll Rogers Boston, MA I’m glad you’re doing this. Wounds this deep take honesty, imagination, and all our resources to heal.
