I wish that Race meant EQUALITY.
Becky White Feather Riney, Quincy, IL. I am Native American and Caucasian. I hate knowing that there are people out there that simply because of...
Father, Husband, Teacher, Pastor, Caucasian Racist?
Brad Crump, Floral Park, NY. As a Presbyterian Pastor I serve a diverse congregation (Guyanese, Jamaican, Black, White). As a teacher I work for a...
Red Cross “races” my blood. Why?
Mara Leveritt, Little Rock, AR. When I donate blood to the Red Cross someone looks at me and identifies me as “Caucasian” on their form....
Will he choose Mexican or Caucasian?
Josh Smith, Sacramento, CA. My son is 3 years old, and the son of a white male with no real cultural identity (myself) and a...
I don’t look like a doll.
Alysha White Japan It’s a 3rd culture, neither Asian nor Caucasian, people don’t get that.
Don’t paint blue eyes. It hurts.
Marcia Hartsock, Cincinnati, OH. I’m an illustrator, and Caucasian. In the 1980s, I was painting a wall mural in my integrated church that included a...
Changed my name to hide from you
Yolanda Brantley, Minneapolis, MN. Growing up as a mixed race child in a predominantly white neighborhood in the ’60’s was scarring. I knew I could...
I am Both, Not Just One.
Laura N. Weston, Baltimore, MD. About 80% of the time people assume (mostly men) I am Puerto Rican even though I am half Caucasian and...
Growing up biracial was very painful.
Jim Roberts Atoka, TN I’m half Caucasian and half Asian. Growing up in the rural South during the eighties was a painful and humiliating experience....
Caucasian, trying not to be white
Anonymous Mobile, AL I was born and raised Caucasian, though of course, like most Caucasians, I was referred to and referred to myself as “white.”...
The whites are still to blame.
Amanda N. Normal, IL I grew up in Texas. I always had people telling me that Caucasian people were better than any other race. Being...
Hispanic, Oriental, Caucasian, formerly monolingual, American
Dean Lincoln, NE I never know what to put down for my ethnicity when filling out official forms. I used to put down whatever I...
North Africans Are clearly not Caucasian!
Lamia Barrington Federal Way, WA Although we (North Africans) are considered Caucasian, I always choose African American or Black. How is that possible that we...
What does “majority minority” even mean?
Peter Kim Los Angeles, CA Heard the phrase “majority minority” on the radio the other day. I know exactly what they meant and I have...
Is it because we’re different colors?
Jerry Cordaro Cleveland, OH I’m Caucasian, my wife is African-American, and we’re the parents of two kids. Because of our work schedules, I’m usually the...
I’m biracial: yellow outside, white in.
Katherine Fogelberg Fort Worth, TX We talk about race as though it is only something on the outside – but I have fought my whole...
Hardship. Coffin-ships. Caucasian?! Don’t whitewash me.
Olivia Myers Denver, CO I get rather irritated by the way, whenever race is discussed, it’s assumed that I’m part of a classification because of...
Appearance judgments – Yesterday Asian / Tomorrow Caucasian
Teresita Tomita Gant Kailua-Kona, HI When I lived in the continental US, I found people generally judged me by the way I looked. When I...
