The product of the melting pot
Ary R., Riverside, CA. I love being half black and a quarter Spanish and one quarter French. I get the best of all worlds and...
I’M NOT TAN, BUT I’M MEXICAN
Alexandra Degortari, Highland, CA. My whole life I have always be questioned or even tested to make sure I am not lying about being Mexican....
Why Pull Out The Race Card?
James Laquindanum, Eastvale, CA. Don’t do it! Be intelligent and show some class. Happens quite often to me, especially when having random heated discussions about...
Yes I’m blonde, don’t make assumptions
Melissa Villegas, Temecula, CA. From as far back as I can remember people assume that because I am blonde I have the most fun and...
Oh, I thought you were Hispanic
Courtney Martin, Moreno Valley, CA. My grandfather was pure Hispanic. He passed away before my first birthday. I moved to Hawaii when I was 6...
I am not WHITE…
Ryan Lewandowski, Tustin, CA. I may look white, but I am 1/4 Lebanese (Middle Eastern) and 3/4th European (Irish, Polish, and Finnish)… So I don’t...
Born in the U.S., NOT Mexican
Rachel Guerrero, Menifee, CA. I was born and raised in Southern California. My mother was born in Mexico and my father was born here. I...
I am me, not my race
Dawn Taylor, Alta Loma, CA. I don’t want to be defined by the color of my skin and I don’t define others by the color...
I actually live in a house
Ribora, Riverside, CA. As an International student, it can be offensive to think just because a person is from Africa, they come from a jungle...
Raising a bi-racial daughter in America.
Heather Sams, Moreno Valley, CA. My daughter is a beautiful, intelligent, biracial young lady. I am white and her father is a light skinned black...
I am proud to be black
Ntwali Gaju, Riverside, CA. It amazes me how difficult is for us people to accept and appreciate how God made us and other around the...
More Than a Color; a History
Michaela Helinski, USA. Yes I am white, yet I am so much more than a color. I have a whole history behind me of relatives...
But you don’t look Italian
Katie Rotondo, El Segundo, CA. I’ve been learning a lot about race and ethnicity lately. Looking back, it bothers me how many times I was...
