Why don’t you date your race?
Maranda, Colorado Springs, CO. My mother says she isn’t prejudice, yet she has negative comments towards me dating a white male. I am Native and...
Free Black since at least 1820
Sherryl N Weston, Denver, CO. I was an adult before we learned the full scope of my mother’s complete ancestry story. Timbuctoo, NJ was co-founded...
We are all spirits of human race.
Katarzyna Smirnov, Longmont, CO. Yes, to expound I am tired of people misusing race or interchanging it with ethnicity. There is not one single genetic...
Spanish is punished, kids assumed bullies.
Sydney Arenas, Denver, CO. When I was growing up, the kids around me were punished for speaking Spanish in the classroom because the teachers assumed...
Hispanic? Really? You’re white to me.
Danielle Perea, Denver, CO. I’m a light-skinned, freckled Hispanic woman just trying to deal.
I just want to remain anonymous.
Hades, Colorado Springs, CO. I came up with this instantly without even thinking. I think it fits the Race Card project because I believe some...
You’re named Carlos, but you’re blond?
Leah Gillett Boulder, CO My mother is Mexican-American, my father is Irish-American. My brother and I are blond haired and blue eyed. People frequently react...
Being singled out is painful
Lina, Denver, CO. Being here makes me aware of how different I am, that I am female, I am Asian. People would never consider me...
Our lost children, our lost hope.
Diane Santorico CO I would love to see this project done with grade school children.
Don’t know if I’m a bad person
Judea, Estes Park, CO. I have heard it said that being White automatically makes me racist. Although I grew up in a mainly White town,...
I have never enslaved anyone’s ancestors
Paul, Colorado Springs, CO. I am not the enemy. I am a 40-year old white, middle-class male- the prime demographic; according to some. It hurts...
I see 50 Shades of Brown
Connie O’Murray, Castle Rock, CO. Everyone I know is one shade of brown or another. I have never understood racism.
