No other boy will date you.
Deborah Lewis Oakland, CA Howard had a girlfriend. But, we used to chat at work. He invited me to go get pizza with him. I...
Most racists I’ve met are black
Dave S Sunnyvale, CA It may be because they have been discriminated against in the past, that black culture has developed as separate but unequal...
Is that white woman your mother?
Katherine Howard Venice, CA A three year old shouted this at my daughter when I came to pick her up from a play area. The...
Jury Instructions Vary With Defendant’s Race
David Waters Sunnyvale, CA I am glad that juror B37 spoke out and explained what happened in the jury room and I understand why they...
You’re not as pretty as Asians.
Kimberly San Jose, CA Since moving to the San Francisco area, I’ve been told by a few men quite bluntly that I’ll never measure up...
White moms avoid my black son.
Anne Janks Oakland, CA Many privileged white people who live in the Bay Area of California believe that there’s a high level of tolerance and...
White privilege while crossing busy streets
Elizabeth Alford Oakland, CA White privilege goes wholly unnoticed and unacknowledged by a lot of white folks. Talking about it often makes people defensive. I...
“What are you?” people always ask.
Nancy Sheperd Sacramento, CA As a mixed-race woman, I’m often struck by others’, and especially strangers’, need to put me into a box. It isn’t...
You think I’m Black. I’m not.
Omari N.F. Santa Barbara, CA Race is something we made up and nothing good has come of it (valiant struggles to overcome its many ills...
Look inside and look for good.
Lori Aguirre Sacramento, CA Life can be a continuous challenge to not make premature judgments of people. This is a great project! Congratulations are definitely...
Graduate degree brown, not nanny brown.
Elisa Espitia Palmdale, CA It’s not where you came from, but where you’re going. Assumptions
Mexican, people assume I speak Spanish
Anonymous Sacramento, CA I am mixed Filipina and Mexican. Parents divorced when I was young, both my parents remarried to racist people who felt the...
I refuse to just check one.
Sarah Pasadena, CA I love the words “Check all that apply.” I proudly check white AND Asian. Sometimes even Pacific Islander to honor the island...
