I am both black and white
Alexander Belisle, Bronx, NY. My mother is Latvian and my father is from Belize but all my life I passed as white. I always listened...
“Puro Mestizo”: Each, either. Both. Neither.
Gil L. Pettigrew, MS Miami, FL I am a university science instructor, science educator, naturalist, scientist & author based in culturally diverse South Florida who...
Why Does My Race Cause Fear
Steven, Aldie, VA. I feel that because of my skin color, my race, and all of the characterizations that have been made about both, there...
Latina. Raised White. Unaccepted by all.
Desiree Carlson, Elmhurst, IL. Both my mother and I grew up in white culture even though we are both from ‘Hispanic’ descent. But because we...
Blessed Blends
Diana Stewart Powels, Clovis, NM. In the beginning we were called Blessed Blends; carrying in our bloodlines the beauty of both worlds. Today we are...
I am Both, Not Just One.
Laura N. Weston, Baltimore, MD. About 80% of the time people assume (mostly men) I am Puerto Rican even though I am half Caucasian and...
Why can’t (my) children embrace both (of their) heritages?
Melanie, USA. When I first had my children someone told my husband that our children will be considered black in this country. When I fill...
My family: white, black & both!
Kurt Huber Monroe, CT My favorite quote on family is from Desmond Tutu. “You don’t choose your family. You are Gods gift to them, as...
I can be both, or neither.
Donovan Holder, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. In South Florida, I am a chameleon. Mother is white, Dad is Jamaican. But my skin is the exact same...
I am both, but also neither.
Nisha Ahamed Jersey City, NJ My mother is German, raised in Canada and my father is Indian Muslim. I was born and still live in...
Biracial anxiety; black/white; both/neither?
Tracey Frierson North Ridgeville, OH Version 2: biracial anxiety; black/white; neither/both! I have two adult biracial daughters, three years apart, raised in the same home...
Blood doesn’t make me Native American.
Anonymous Burke, VA As a child of two culture I was always on the outside of both.
Two parents, two boxes, chose both.
Daniel Guerrero Philadelphia, PA Rather than choosing one box, choose all that apply to you, not to be a doofus, but because you’re not one...
Why can’t I be both, equally?
Autumn Johnson Santa Cruz, CA My father is white and my mother is black, yet people cannot seem to comprehend that this means I am...
Both and Neither; Black and White
Melissa Q. Meyer Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
