I am the “Indian Looking” girl
Manvir Toor, Sanger, CA. I attended a concert last Sunday, and a woman tried to get infront of me in the line to buy T-shirts....
I’m an Eastern European Ashkenazic Jew
Anonymous, Philadelphia, PA . For a long time, I have known that the concept of “race” is a false way to identify or classify human...
Greek American, cheeseburger cheeseburger not funny
N. Blandis, Portland, OR. I am a second generation American born of Greek parents. My father’s birth certificate in Los Angeles California in 1921 listed...
Don’t Classify Sports for a Race
Jaer Medina, 8th Grade Holland New Tech High School, Holland, MI Tennis has been considered a “white” people sport the same as how soccer is...
We must let go for equality
Katie Foxx, San Jose, CA. I shouldn’t have to feel ashamed of who I am. Because I was born white people automatically assume I’m racist...
Yellow outside, white inside, adopted Twinkie.
Karen Skillin Rojas San Francisco, CA Adopted from Korea at 4 1/2 months old, I was raised in an entirely Caucasian family and community until...
Love Classical music and I’m black
Yolanda, Lithonia, GA. It’s very tiring an disappointing to hear many in my community say to me “You like white people stuff”. I would like...
“Race” is fake; I am not.
Dennie T, Atlanta, GA. “Race” is a human-concocted, cultural construct that has nothing to do with biology and everything to do with (negative) cultural conditioning...
Red Cross “races” my blood. Why?
Mara Leveritt, Little Rock, AR. When I donate blood to the Red Cross someone looks at me and identifies me as “Caucasian” on their form....
Race Is A Socially Constructed Concept
Morgan Burdette, Crest View Hills, KY. Race is a socially constructed concept to help us classify people based on physical characteristics. However on the inside...
Focus not on how we differ
Emily, San Francisco, CA. I love how there are so many different cultures, and I want for people to keep celebrating their cultures. However, when...
We are HUMANS, NOT COLORS
Nik Parttridge, TN. I am classified as White/Caucasian because of how I look. This does NOT mean that I am the same people who enslaved...
Asian descendent so is it wrong??
Ian Shi C Malaysia I’m Malaysian and some people classify me as other other races. It’s just silly. Just because I don’t look or act...
I’m an American not Afro-American
Kelvin Scruggs Gulfport, MS Is the United States of America the only nation that classifies people by race at birth? At one time it was...
Norwegian Danish Grandma to all “flavors”
Joann Hansen Gilbert, AZ I think we need to learn from the past but rise above and move on…. I let my actions speak for...
Race is forever, prejudice is not
Sam Laurila Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan I think there will always be names attributed to groups of similar looking people...
