Can’t forget; brownness makes me different.
Ananya Kepper Santa Monica, CA I walk around feeling like myself, not like an Indian woman in a sea of white people. It still catches...
Dark mother. Fair daughter. Recessive genes.
Rita Kane Los Angeles, CA Recessive genes will never allow the human race to fade to one color, as some people fear. It’s the opposite....
I can count my brown friends.
Liz Hohl Oakland, CA Race is so intrinsically linked and correlated to wealth, education, and power. I frequently consider my surroundings and realize how few...
I am not like the rest
Rabia Syed Ann Arbor, MI These six words represent how I feel about myself when people make assumptions as to the kind of person that...
I am not like the rest
Rabia Syed Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan These six words represent how I feel about myself when people make assumptions as...
Do other reporters here cover race?
Anonymous Yuma, AZ I am the only brown person in my newsroom. What luck to work somewhere where issues and stories about people of color...
Go Blue! Go White! Stop Brown!
J White, Ann Arbor, MI. Understanding Race Project, University of Michigan
White boy, black//brown majority school
Dan Euliss Vancouver, WA You get to feel the other side of the race card.
Are you adopted or something?
Brenna Angel Lexington, KY Question I was asked as a child by kids in my apartment building. My mom (white) and dad (Mexican) are divorced...
White mother brown daughter love fear
Dina Stonberg Philadelphia, PA I have had the privilege to not have to think about race most of my life. Fell in love with a...
Interracial marriage: My kids are gorgeous!
Norene Lealamanua Portland, OR My very white family was confused by my choices until they fell head over heels for my exceptionally smart, beautiful brown...
