Should I just paint myself white?
Emily Suon San Diego, CA Then I can be treated equally and be noticed.
I can’t speak my own language.
Dominic Lim Oakland, CA Like many 1st generation Filipino-American children, my parents never taught me Tagalog (Filipino), because they wanted me and my siblings to...
College admission: Smith better than Zhang
Steven Cui Foster City, CA Kids having their white dad’s family name and a Chinese mum get the best of both worlds, at least on...
Color is my armor: its heavy
Alicia Lara Los Angeles, CA Being a woman of color, a Chicana, is my source of strength. More often than not it is a shield...
I don’t belong anywhere but here.
Elena Zamarripa-Gray CA, USA Where are you from? Everywhere and nowhere. My Mexican, basque, Japanese father and Scottish, Canadian mother made me tall, beautiful, and...
Bi-Racial: I’m not “Mexican” enough?
Monica Santa Monica, CA I grew up in Texas in a small town where the population is roughly half Mexican and half white (German, Polish,...
My daughters are not my grandkids.
Terri Hunter-Davis San Francisco, CA My daughters are 11 and 14. I am middle-aged. Like many women of my generation, I had a career before...
Constant internal struggle; heritage constantly ignored
Mike Angell Folsom, CA So I’m just an average white guy who grew up in an average white little farming town in Michigan. There were...
Mexicans take unwanted jobs; Why Complain?
Carlos Rodriguez Oakland, CA I’m a typical Mexican-American teenager, who eats beans and tortillas every day. When I hear people who are unaware say, ”...
We Share The Same Last Name
E R Leathers Emerville, CA Each and every Sunday, after attending church, my four sisters and I would head to downtown Raleigh. Sometimes we stopped...
Chihuahua? Do you mean my wife?
Kristle Elise Siggson Fullerton, CA This was my husband’s response when an elderly gentleman was asking him how his chihuahua was doing after moving to...
I know I don’t look Persian
Rustin Baradar San Mateo, CA Everyone is doubtful when I say I’m 100% Persian just because my skin isn’t as dark as the stereotypical Persian.
My eyes aren’t all I am.
C.Q. Menlo Park, CA I know people who have been surprised that I’m Asian. Why should it matter? So much beyond my eyes defines me....
