American + International, Oreo, best of both
Joanna Hubner, Fort Worth, TX My name is Joanna Hubner, I am a teenager raised in Fort Worth Texas, and I am mixed. My dad...
Not you, you’re from the Caribbean
Johanne Rahaman, Miami, FL. I am half black, half Indian, from the Trinidad, with an obvious Caribbean accent, and while I enjoy adding my bit...
Stop pairing my ancestry with race.
Journey Brown-Saintel, Charlotte, NC. The system of checking off boxes to indicate my heritage is flawed.
“Caribbean” doesn’t make you less black.
Amaya, NY. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: The Brooklyn Museum
Caribbean Americans are not African Americans
Amani, Jamaica. Caribbean born Americans are way more disciplined than African Americans so they should not be put in the same category.
Don’t we breathe the same air?
Melanie Brown, West Chester, PA. Whether you are of African decent, European, Asian, Caribbean, Latino, etc… We breathe the same air.
I am Black, not “African American”
Misha N Utica, NY I was born in the Caribbean, and I am Black, For some reason people insist on saying I’m “African American”. It’s...
BECAUSE OF THEM I AM FREE
LISA DEL SOL New Your City, NY AS A CARIBBEAN THIS STRUGGLE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF MY CULTURE AND I OWE SO MUCH TO...
I am Black not African American.
Leyitha P. Achoute Philadelphia, PA I don’t like to be identify as a African American, it get me mad. I’m “black” skinned, but I wasn’t...
Asian me: hated by Blacks. WHY?
Neil A. Sookdeo Baltimore, MD With six degrees, four from grad schools in the USA, I cannot compete fairly to teach African or Caribbean history...
Black Latina not AfricanAmerican, neither Latina
Diama Gabriel Miami, FL I’m in between waters. I’m not African American for the black Americans, and I’m not a Latina for the Latino community....
