My Dad said “Jap”. Everyone blushed.
Malcolm Gin, Berkeley, CA. My Dad is Chinese and 86 years old. He was stationed in the Pacific Theater during World War II, fighting on...
Race segregates ignorance and quasi-perfection
Melvin Jones, San Francisco, CA. One would think that California is a progressive state that seldom harbors racism. Unfortunately that is just a heartbreaking fallacy....
Segregated schools made for ahistorical arrogance.
Sarah Dornbos, Sunland, CA I didn’t know what I didn’t know, or even realize I was growing up in segregation because my parents wanted “good...
I’m a multicultural “Air Force Brat”
Sherryl Weston, Vallejo, CA I am lucky enough to know my multiracial -by marriage back in the 1800s and growing. My mother lives on the...
Internal anti-blackness barrier to true connections
Cheryl M. Williams, Santa Cruz, CA p>The older I get the clearer I see how White Supremacy +/or White Privilege is expressed in others including...
The TSA checks are not random.
Aren Kazanciyan, CA As far as the popular conceptions of race go, I am usually considered Middle Eastern. My family members and I are always...
The outside doesn’t tell a story
Aidan, Lake Forest, CA We look at people and decide so many things about them before even hearing their names. Listen to people’s stories and...
Por supuesto que soy su mamá
Sonia Kang Northridge, CA Are you their mom? As a biracial mom (Black/Latina) married to a Korean man with children who look more Asian than...
“Talaga! I thought you were Pilipino!”
JSRL Padre, Glendale, CA. I am Filipino. Born in Quezon. Imported to East LA. Learned to walk and talk in Los Feliz. Never heard Tagalog...
Indian dad, European mom, identified Latina.
Nisha Balaram, Oakland, CA. My dad would joke around, saying that my mom couldn’t help but fall in love with him when she first saw...
Share culture, ponder perspectives, embrace uniqueness.
Hunter Curry, Laguna Niguel, CA I am white, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have culture. My father is from Canada, and my mother is...
