Race DOES NOT mean black or white
True Native, Vacaville, CA. It is sad to say that racial discourse in America has degraded into a petty fight for blacks first, all others,...
Finally I learned to accept myself
Katherine Porter, San Leandro, CA. I grew up disowned by my racial cultures…too different from White, too different from Chinese. Talked about by cousins, wondered...
My ancestors passed. Their history: invisible.
Margaret Angela Thomas Chatsworth, GA I’m the descendant of a runaway slave who passed as Latin and was beaten to death by a slavecatcher, other...
Everybody turns white when shot at
Bettie Wilkins, Roanoke, VA. I was born in 1940 and my parents were sharecroppers. My father was drafted in 1942 and came home in 1944...
“You’re Not Chinese; You are Filipino!”
As a 12 year old, I had encountered in many times where people say very messed up things including something racist. Since I’m a brother...
Race doesn’t matter; What’s inside does.
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Lots of people have asked me if I was Filipino. I’ve always had the same...
“Race” is a concept humans created.
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Before we did this project, I thought that race, was just, race, everyone had a...
We ALL are brown.
Christine von Lersner, Santa Fe, NM. I am a German-American mother of a Chinese daughter and an African American son, and I’m a teacher. Early...
My Chinese daughter, whiter than white.
Rachel Drummond Highlands Ranch, CO Jasmine stands apart. She doesn’t want to. Like may people of color who also have albinism, she is often not...
Asians ARE people of color, too!
Maureen Boyd, Oakland, CA. It is very hard when non-Asian people of color who are supposed to be your allies in racial justice do not...
Act equal and you are equal.
Clay Terry, Cincinnati, OH. I just want to put it out there that I have a multitude of African American friends, not all black people...
Lost in the buildings reflective surface
Natalie Rossi Canton, MA I am 50% Irish, 50% Italian, and 100% Chinese. I am adopted, I live with a white American family. I am...
Being Asian doesn’t mean I’m Chinese
Kay West Jordan, UT I get called Chinese all the time, and I have a lot of Chinese friends, but I am Japanese. Just because...
Are you Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean or Japanese?
Tenzin Palmo, Fridley, MN. A question that get asks a lot to Asian people.
“Do you speak Chinese?” *face palm*
For starters, I’m Korean, so no, no Chinese for me beyond “ni hao” and “xie xie”, which I learned from TV travel shows. Secondly, I...
White Privilege Asian Wife Still get it…
Lee, Queens, NY. I live in NYC. A melting pot no? I am one of the few people where I work who is white American....
Filipinos are also Asians, just saying.
Joseph Salvador, Toronto, Canada. I’m a Filipino guy. And here in my city, the category of Asian is essentially narrowed down to Chinese, Japanese or...
