Complicated, a foot in two worlds.
Javiera, San Diego, CA. My husband often jokes that I’m not “brown” because my light skin makes me look like an average white person. But...
The Latino culture will save America
Eddie Perez, San Bernardino, CA. Non-Protestant ethics will save America
A Chicano from the Barrio
Miguel Ramirez-Cornejo, Riverside, CA. As a kid I was told that because I grew up in the barrio that I would become a cholo. I...
I’m not privileged because I’m white
Kaylee Cole, Boulder Creek, CA. Everyone always says your white you get everything but really you white people don’t get everything they want. In reality...
You’re Native American? Well, how much?
Kaitlin Reed, Poughkeepsie, NY. I am a Yurok Indian. We are the salmon people and my ancestors have lived by the Klamath River in northern...
I feel uncertain about the future
Cara Rose, San Jose, CA. I’m White. Formerly, I was Mixed; Portuguese and British/German. I only became White when the US census bureau declared the...
White grandchild adoptive Native American grandparents
Charlie Cook, Sacramento, CA. My dad was born from a White Russian and American couple. At 6 days old, he was placed into the wonderful...
Not just for being a black girl.
Anisha (Blair) Taylor, Riverside, CA. “Your beautiful. For a black girl.” . Those words spilled out the mouth of a young black male, in my...
Discrimination still exists; whites always suspected!
Brian, West Hills, CA. To expand on those six words, I’d say that discrimination against people of color still exists, though often more subtle than...
You’re Asian. Show us some Kung-Fu.
Vue Moua, Merced, CA. I’ve heard these words when I was in sixth grade. I am now in my fifth year of college, but I’ll...
I learned: listen more, talk less.
Stephanie Lucianovic, Menlo Park, CA. My words come from Hamilton, and they have become even more powerful for me to remember and say to others...
White Privilege doesn’t exist for me
Justin Banks, Mission Viejo, CA. I was born into an average middle class family that is dominantly white. I know that my father was born...
Being White, I generally walk freely
Jennifer F Taylor, Arcata, CA. Excellent work with enjoyable discussions on NPR…. Thank you Michele!
Black history is American history
Richard Hakala, Rocklin, CA. Love this project – I see we are in Black History Month! Isn’t Black history just part of American history? Aren’t...
