I’m Neither Asian or White Enough
Susie, Fairbanks, AK. I am tired of being told I am not white enough or Asian enough. As mixed race, racial identity is already hard...
Refuse to follow the racial constructs.
Racquel Picou, New Orleans, LA. Aspen X To me race is just a social and political construct that is very binding. A reason for humans...
I’m not your typical Chinese adoptee
Claire, Salem, OR Ever since I was a child I’ve always felt conflicted. As a Chinese adoptee with a white father and a Cuban mother,...
No one box is correct.
David Kung, St. Mary’s City, MD. In 2000 when I filled out my census card and was finally allowed to (correctly) check more than one...
Stop trying to box me in
Zeren New York City, NY I’m a mixed ethnicity Palestinian-Arab, European, Afghan American…I naturally have light skin, eyes and hair as many Arabs, whites and...
Continually frustrated by America’s racial hangups
Whitney, Durham, NC. More 6-word offerings… – Life was less racial in Europe – Look black, more than half white – Ticked one box, denied...
Always check “White, Non-Hispanic origin” box
Jay Marie Fernandez, Bridgeport, CT. With white skin, being of Hispanic origin, in a household that did not speak Spanish, in a predominantly Spanish speaking...
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...
Please: Hispanic is not a race
Mark Wood-Caballero Tempe, AZ I can’t fully determine what races I have in my heritage. My father, born in Baltimore, was a white anglo-saxon. My...
You are required to check one.
D. Casey Jones, M.D., Colonel, US Army (Ret) Olympia, WA What I am trying to convey is the institutionalization and public reinforcement of race bias...
What is your race? Check one.
Destiny Carter Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan I feel that the institutional concept of race often forces people to identify with...
What ARE you? I can’t tell.
Lara Furar Canton, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan I remember being asked this question as a child. And at various times throughout my...
