I AM MORE THAN MY COMPLEXION
Latonya Sampson, Los Angeles, CA. I am so much more than what your eyes can see on the outside.
Does your face match last name
Karen Plascencia, Los Angeles, CA. Our last names have a lot to disclose about our identity, but often times it is a gateway to preconceive...
I Play The Card I’m Dealt
Cedric Bedford-Chalale, Oakland, CA. Black people play the race card because that is the only card dealt to black people by white America. It’s a...
I thought you’d be something else?
Natilee Pinedo, Chino, CA. Whenever I tell someone that I am a hundred percent Mexican, I always get a look as if I am telling...
You are a white person undercover.
Tricia Jenkins-Roberts, Watsonville, CA. I was a 20 year old indigenous childcare worker at a Salvation Army in South Phoenix which was a predominately Black...
“You’re really white for a Mexican”
Ileana Serrano, Sacramento, CA. Whenever people try and guess my “race”, I usually get different responses, but they’re always followed by “mixed with white”. My...
Can your name effect you negatively.
Ricky Sanchez, Sanger, CA. My full name is Ricardo Juan-Ignacio Sanchez. I go by Ricky because I am afraid of people judging me for my...
Not Mexican, Hispanic, brown, just human
Marco Perez, Oakland, CA. I choose these six words because this is how I feel about the relationship between me and my race. I believe...
We are who we make us
Desiree’ Parker, Sacramento, CA. In a room full of black people I am comfortable, in a room full of white people I am comfortable, in...
Only check one: white non-hispanic
Catherine Chase Yaghi, Stockton, CA. I hate having to exclude a part of myself when checking ethnicity on a form. The options white (non-hispanic) always...
