Hapa: but always the wrong half.
Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt, Chattanooga, TN. I’m half Japanese and half white. In Hawaii, where I grew up, mixed race people like me are called “hapa”...
Married black woman. Out of will.
William David Jones, Chattanooga, TN. I found out after my father died that he had taken me out of his will when I, a white...
Come on, pick a side already.
Sophia, Chattanooga, TN Growing up biracial, I never knew where I fit in outside of my home. Two cultures, two religions, two completely different lifestyles....
No Problems for Private School Kids
Alissa Hodges, Chattanooga, TN There is a common misconception in my city that white, middle class, private school kids have no problems. In actuality, there...
My race doesn’t affect God’s Grace
Percy Rolleston, Race In American Art, Chattanooga, TN There is nothing that will hold back God’s love and grace from you or me. Not our...
I am not a gray area
Jacqueline Jade Milan Chattanooga, TN I am black and I am white. I am mixed race. I want a category(name) for that.
Prayed God would make me White
Amber Price, Atlanta, GA. I was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I grew up ashamed of my Blackness. I heard the n-word for the first time...
Little white kids have it hardest
K Russell, Chattanooga, TN. As a little white kid growing up, I was constantly harassed by black boys for no other reason than I was...
Gimme a break! Live YOUR Life!
Don Rackley Chattanooga, TN I know “minorities” who have succeeded as well as anyone on the planet. I also know white people who have failed...
Just now figured out I’m Southern.
Samantha Guess Chattanooga, TN Born in the South, raised in the South – NEVER considered myself “Southern”. But at age 25 – I have found...
White people marching for black voter registration
Susan Kosciolek Chattanooga, TN Many black American’s were being turned away from registration places for a variety of reasons in an effort to keep them...
