Wanted brown skin before I understood.
Nancy Silverrod San Francisco, CA As a kid, before I understood anything about racism, I wished I was black, because I thought people with brown...
I’m not white; I’m Euro-American
Roderick Gray, Chico, CA. I am as much a mixed up mutt as everyone else. When I am referred to as white, my liberal guilt...
YOU’RE NOT REALLY ONE OF US!
L P SIMMONS, LONG BEACH, CA. IT’S SO HARD BEING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE GAINS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT....
White black other, same same different
Pete Reich San Francisco, CA I heard the piece on Race Card and six word essay on NPR and was intrigued at the topic and...
Racism isn’t individual, it’s structural, dig?
Shareef Ali Oakland, CA Indigenous genocide, human bondage and global imperial conquest are not made moot by just changing attitudes. We have to change this...
Mexican and yes, I’m highly educated.
Gabriela Bonilla Palmdale, CA Both my parents were born in Mexicali, Mexico and migrated to the USA for great opportunities. I was born into a...
I am One Hundred Percent Mixed.
Angie Parker San Diego, CA I am a Mixed woman. I am married to a Mixed man. We have Mixed children. We are not half...
Expectation that I must be billingual
Helen Rodrigues Berkeley, CA I am second generation Mexican American, in a family that now extends 4 generations. I was raised in an English Speaking...
