Fourteen countries abide in me, American.
Kathleen Soto, El Cerrito, CA. I got my profile from Ancestry.com and it showed my ancestors came from 14 different countries. What could be more...
Can We All Just Get Along!?
Bryan Quevedo Moreno Valley, CA California Baptist University It was not until taking CBU HIS311 class that I have learned a lot about race and...
My Son’s Blackness shouldn’t Disable him
Monika L. Brooks Oakland, CA My Son still has to be given the talk about how he has to ignore the people that think he...
Y’all had me scared of US
Dr. Jacqueline Lawrence, Windsor, CA. As a young child, my first memories of blacks in San Francisco were scary, and they weren’t from television. I...
Lion wrote history, its prey turn
MARK PLISKA, San Diego, CA. The lion (white men) wrote our history, now its prey’s (people of color) time to write the history
I am white. No, brownish pink.
Har Simran Kaur Khalsa, Los Angeles, CA. Since I started wearing mostly white clothes along with my practice of Sikhism, it has become glaringly clear...
Race in America, what a mess.
Ellen Finch, San Jose, CA. My heart breaks for those with skin of the “wrong” color who are treated so poorly in so many ways....
Whites afraid of becoming the minority
Tyler, CA. If there’s one thing I’ve observed in my life that pertains to the current state of racial prejudice in this country, it’s that...
I’m Hispanic but I’m not Mexican
Ernesto C., Riverside, CA. Living in Southern California, I’ve noticed that many people don’t seem to know that there are other cultures besides Mexican. This...
Brown Lives Matter Too
Anonymous, Perris, CA. African Americans get much of the publicity nowadays while Mexican Americans face the same stereotypes and discrimination issues without retaliation. CBU HIS311
I am NOT just a statistic
Jeannine Chavez, Huntington Park, CA. As a United States citizen who lives in Los Angeles as a gay Mexican female, it has limited my privileges....
I’m Not African American, Just American
Davin Bjornerud, Menifee, CA. I don’t know why black folks in America want to be considered African American. There are many traits that make us...
My brown skin is beautiful okay?
Vanessa Guzman, Corona, CA. I am a Mexican women who has brown skin and all my life I was always self conscious about it because...
I’m proud of my immigrant parents!
Priscilla A Contreras, Garden Grove, CA. My parents came to the United States to create a better future for themselves and their children. They are...
Saddened, inspired, still far to go
Jeff Schaffer Los Angeles, CA Seeing this exhibit reminds me of the sacrifices made by our predecessors, and inspires me to continue working for a...
