You’re white not black, stop acting.
Autumn Danielsen, Maquoketa, IA Moving from a bigger city to a small town, I hear a lot of comments like: Why do you dress that...
Am I American o de alla
Juan Dominguez, Sacramento, CA. Mexican people say I am a shame to our people with gauges in my ears, the clothes I am wearing, the...
Image portrayed, impression made. It DOES matter.
P. Contreras, Benicia, CA. How you choose to dress gives an impression about you. Whether that impression is accurate or not no one will know...
I am white. No, brownish pink.
Har Simran Kaur Khalsa, Los Angeles, CA. Since I started wearing mostly white clothes along with my practice of Sikhism, it has become glaringly clear...
I’m white but I’m also European
Gianna Radoi, USA. People think that being white means you are American. I am second generation, born and raised in America, but my parents are...
I take my race for granted.
Lily Waxler, NA No thanks, I’d rather not say., . I was going on my 8th grade trip for Costa Rica last year and I...
Where will we wash colored clothes?
LaLana Martin Gold Beach, OR When I was 9 years old, our mixed-race family (Asian/Pacific Islander and German/French) was on vacation in the southeast. With...
She changed clothes in our basement.
Barbara Klinman Havertown, PA When I was a young girl my mom was a working mom (nurse) and we had a cleaning lady, Essie Mae,...
Clothes, speech, behavior, same…why skin?
Casey Patterson College Park, MD The University of Maryland
