Your perception is your faulty knowledge
Jiale Chen, China For centuries humans have constructed systematically around the false perception of purity that is connected to color. The whiter the people are...
I’m not your damn “china virus”
TI, San Jose, CA Stay vigilant. Protect yourself at all times. And wear a damn mask.
The consequences of hegemony are blinding.
Alba Isabel Lamar, China. The idea of beauty has, for many years, been defined by western ideology and western media. Women of color are both...
Learned about race FEAR at 13.
Jay Bailinson Napa, CA In lived in Oakland CA. during preteen and early teen years. I belonged to a Boys Club sponsored by the Chinese...
From love – fear, (a) foreigner’s view (on) racism.
David Chen, New York, NY. I grew up in China listening to artists like 50 cent, Tupac, Snoop dogg (lion), and Jay-Z. I have every...
Yes my brother Isaac is white
Aaron Huandi Hardy, Parkersburg, WV. I was adopted from China into a family with white and Chinese. My parents my brother and one sister are...
White Guilt is offensive and condescending.
Anonymous Hong Kong, China I’ve always thought white guilt was condescending and offensive towards people of extra-European origins. Do we really need to see more...
I am Mexican, Black, and American
My 6 word memoir is about my family because I am Mexican, but my cousins are black and Mexican. Most of my family is Mexican...
Race is four letters, I ‘m more.
Krystle Smith Newark, NJ Race can be compared to the Great Wall of China. When it falls, we grow.
I was once called a “banana.”
Julie Germany When I visited family in China, my cousin called me a “banana.” White inside, yellow outside. She explained that it was a result...
I’m caught in two different worlds.
Carissa Lew, CA. Being born in America but having my heritage from China leads me to believe I should choose one or the other. Many...
Asian Americans are perceived as foreigners.
Tiffany, San Francisco, CA. People who ask me this question aren’t convinced by my response that I was born and raised in Chicago, IL. “Go...
My silence and privilege are wrong.
Brian Jackson, China. I realize now that with my white male privilege, I have a unique position and that my silence is what allows the...
“No, where are you REALLY from?”
Sabreena M., MA. My parents are from China. I was born here. The fact that I look like a Chinese person shouldn’t override the fact...
Try To See Through (My) Asian Eyes
Juliette A Clancy, Culpeper, VA. Since I am half Asian and my eyes are the only Asian thing about me, people think that I’m automatically...
People against racism made race essential
Katelyn Crombie, CA. I never cared about race until I was in college. Before then, I was adopted from China and grew up in a...
