You don’t look like you’re Mexican.
Alyssa Ortega, Fresno, CA. I was born into a Mexican family, with parents who were BOTH born outside of marriage as a result of infidelity....
White Supremacy has colonized our minds.
CB Terry, Ojai, CA. Racism and White Supremacy are not socially understood concepts. If we only submit to these forces mentally, it must mean that...
We don’t serve Your Kind Here!
Pilar Leano, San Francisco, CA. This was said to me in a small town of Fremont, Ohio. In fact, they got my nationality wrong also...
Blind eyes don’t see a problem
David Q. Booker Chula Vista, CA This is a fantastic project. For some time I have been trying to come with my 6 words but...
You’re not like other Asian people!
Julie Phan, San Jose, CA. Hey, what are you? Uh, I’m Asian…? Really? You don’t look Asian. You’re tan, and chill, and not like other...
No job because his name was Mohammed.
Vicki Parrish, San Jose, CA. My engineering graduate student from India had the family name, Mohammed. He is in the top of his software engineering...
The Civil War Was About Slavery
Tim Fall, Davis, CA. There are still people – in the North and the South – who will tell you the Civil War was fought...
That’s right, I am Mexican too.
Arleigh Worstell, Ceres, CA. I come from a long line of hispanic women who married white men (myself included). Through the generations, even while some...
People against racism made race essential
Katelyn Crombie, CA. I never cared about race until I was in college. Before then, I was adopted from China and grew up in a...
WE ARE ONE RACE, CALLED HUMANITY
Louis Lares, Riverside, CA. We must end racial segregation, and racial diversity. We ARE ALL HUMANS. Not different just because of color.
Been a victim of Black violence
Hilary Sloane, Joshua Tree, CA. It happened several times. The last time a stranger shot me five times through my car window and hit me...
What I am, not just “Asian”.
Alvin Vang, Fresno, CA. Well as you can see I am Asian but if you dont know what type of Asian I am you can’t...
I don’t have to speak spanish
Jennnifer, Fresno, CA. No matter where I am, people will come up to me and start speaking Spanish. I assume it’s because they assume that...
Mexican? but you have green eyes…
Ebony Delaisla, Fresno/Sanger, CA. I wrote, Mexican? but you have green eyes… because, I’m light skinned with green eyes and every time I tell others...
A Coconut. Brown Outside. White Inside.
Julio Solis, Sanger, CA. I am Mexican. Many times when I’m eating at a relatives or friends house that is Mexican, they are surprised when...
