I’m light skinned but still black
Tarnaei Carter, Chicago, IL. I am light skinned and people may think I’m not only black because I’m light skinned so I identify as black.
So shocked that I am literate
Jewell Chicago, Il Someone asked me how I knew what endorphins are…my response was; I read books and graduated from college too. Someone else stated...
My daughter is not like me.
Bea Melnarowicz, Chicago, IL My daughter is bi-racial: her father is Spanish-French-Mexican, and I am Eastern European Caucasian. I am often told she looks ‘nothing’...
You talk white. Where you from?
Kelli Watson, Chicago, IL. I grew up in a predominately white suburb in Chicago. We were the first black family to move to my block...
No, Not MIxed…Just Albino, Black
Brandi Green, Chicago, IL. I constantly am asked “what I am” or “are you mixed” Nope. I’m black and albino. 🙂 It’s a fascinating existence.
This brown skin is my crown.
Lynette Neal, Chicago, IL. Many times as a brown girl, it’s hard accepting that this skin we are in is no less than the fair...
Red hair blue eyes white skin
Sean, Chicago, IL. We try not to see color but color fills our life. Embrace it.
What are you? White? or Italian?
Terri, Chicago, IL. Um…neither – Really. That is the first question asked by someone who had just met me. Really? That’s the first question you...
Empty spaces need substantive, loving equality.
Pursuit of social justice seems subsumed within an empty space of cliches. Can we transcend the superficial to create real equity in our world?
