Born Wright, I’m a bridge builder
David B. Wright, San Diego, CA I believe my parents raised me to believe that there was only one race and we all belonged to...
My “green” > Macy’s + Barney’s fiscal year $
Anonymous, Los Angeles, CA This is a reaction to the recent news stories of the African-American film actor who was unlawfully detained by NYPD and...
Whites can’t distinguish Harvard from Hoodlum.
Alisa Dennis Los Angeles, CA Many white people do not personally know any blacks, or very few. As a result, their only reference point for...
I was American, now just white
Charles, San Francisco, CA, New Rochelle, NY, Worldwide Essayist Richard Rodriguez, said it best back in 1997, what can be the American inability to not...
Racism and America are inextricably connected.
Floria, San Jose, CA In the words of Annalise Keating, “racism is built into the DNA of America.” It is inescapable and seeps into every...
Mexican American Reaching for the Stars
Jessica Soriano, Fontana, CA. My race does not define me, and it will not have any impact on the goals that I have set for...
Little bit of everything and everywhere
Ashlee Johnston, Ladera Ranch, CA. People tell me they thought that I am White but once I tell them about my Asian/Hawaiian/Spanish/Canadian…. background they say...
Do you live in a Pyramid ?!
Antoinette Abdelmalek, Trabuco Canyon, CA Funny right. But I feel as though if you really want to laugh I should share some of my personal...
You speak Spanish??? You look white.
Anonymous, Perris, CA. I have green eyes, blonde hair, and light skin so I must be white, but wait.. I speak Spanish. I am Mexican...
Half-white, half-middle-eastern. Where do I belong?
Aimiee Gauvreau, Redondo Beach, CA. I’m almost 47 now; I felt more alone as a child and teenager of the 70s and 80s. I teach...
You’re nice for a black person.
Imelda Rivera Edwards, Antioch, CA. My 13 year old son shared this statement with me when I picked him up from school in Dublin, California...
I am not your Black friend.
Johnny Wannamaker, San Clemente, CA Living in the overwhelmingly white populated South Orange County and attending public school here has allowed me certain insights as...
You may not know you’re racist.
Taylor Hirano, Irvine, CA. Growing up in a mostly Caucasian community, many of my fellow peers didn’t know they were racist against me. It could...
