Mexican- American is not less American.
Isabel Gutierrez, Merced, CA Being Mexican- American people want to treat me less than them but I was raised to not care what other people...
White outside and brown on inside.
Donato Rivera III, San Jose, CA I was born in raised in San Jose, Ca. My family is of Mexican descent. Although when people look...
It’s not racism if they’re Native
Arthur Webster Carlsbad, CA Obviously, this shouldn’t be the case, but often I feel as though people think it is ok. I live North of...
Passed for White; woke to shame.
Beryle Fobes, Torrance, CA Born at end of WWII to res-born Native American hetero male who later remarried a Japanese war bride. White mother remarried...
My mixed-race son looks All-American.
Emma Alvarez Gibson, San Pedro, CA. My husband’s heritage is Japanese/Portuguese/French. Mine is Mexican/Irish/Scottish. Neither of us fit in anywhere while growing up; both sides...
Always felt different. All are unique.
Nona Lynn Simons Orangevale, CA My Six Words: Have you ever felt different from everybody else? I have and sometimes I still do! In the...
Hard to go outside a Jew
Gavin Vogel, Los Angeles, CA I chose these six words because of my Grandfather, a person who does not go to Temple very much but...
You don’t look like your race
Daniel Atoui, Mission Viejo, CA a lot of the times I mention anything to do with privilege or my upbringing people always just tell me...
Love braids, gumbo, Malcolm, and Beyonce
Pcyeta Stroud, Oakland Adjacent, CA The black experience is so complicated and storied, it’s tough to capture a snapshot in just a few words.
Race pigeonhole’s people’s perception of others.
Leah Wilson, Moreno Valley, CA I’ve lived too long to have personal issues with another person’s race. Went thru trying to identify my mixed racial...
Don’t get pregnant before your quinceañera.
Andrea Butts, Tustin, CA Apparently I was going to be like the rest of the family and be a teen mom.
