We are all from planet Earth.
Maggie Trias, Boulder, CO. I am half Puerto Rican, but I look white, and lost contact with my Puerto Rican family a long time ago....
My friends and then your friends.
Kyle Cruz, Colorado Springs, CO. When freshman enter my high school, we instantly separate to our “designated friends”. We are sectioned off into racial biased...
Unite a species, play more music
Chris Asercion, Centennial, CO. I play a lot of music. It is one thing that I have seen that can bring people together that have...
I wish I had darker skin
Melanie Douglas, Peyton, CO. I have transracial adopted kids. They have better hair than I do, they have better skin than I do, it is...
Simple Shorthand for Dismissing an “Other”
Vince Darcangelo, Flort Collins, CO. “Sadly, I believe that underlying the race issue is a deeper human need (perhaps fear- or anxiety-driven) to label and...
REMEMBER–For WHITE patrons only
Mary Smith, Fort Collins, CO. “Growing up in southeast Texas, I went to segregated schools until high school – Junior year. Laundromats and water fountains...
Before: half/half. Now: Full–BiRacial.
Deme Yuan, Denver, CO. (reference to my own racial identity development)
Not just Japanese, I am Hapa.
Bryce, Denver, CO. ha•pa (hä’pä) adj. 1. Slang. of mixed racial heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry.
