Having a foot in two canoes.
Emily Wood Anchorage, AK Growing up in small town Minnesota where the local summer celebration was “Swedish Heritage Days” could be awkward for a girl...
Morrocon US citizen IS African American
Lorinda Roberts Carmel, IN For my friend, Rabi, who was born and raised in Africa and is now applying for citizenship, however, cannot describe himself...
Are You Just Black or African?
Vanessa Uzoh Dallas, TX My freshman year of college was the first time I actually had to think about how identified myself within my own...
Are you black, Asian, or normal?
Jenna Overton Langhome, PA I’m a half-black college student. My friends and I were having a discussion about race one day and a few of...
Only A Minority On College Applications
Sarah Nesbitt Dallas, TX I guess you could call this an epidemic of the current generation. Race is now often viewed as a factor to...
Check: White… Wait, I’m Hipsanic too?
Andrea M. Newton, MA I grew up not really ever thinking about my race until my college applications asked me to literally box myself into...
I’m not Hispanic, thanks for asking.
Elizabeth Norris Taylor Fernandina Beach, FL I have lived my entire life with people coming up to me and asking, “what are you?” For a...
“White Girl” was my name until college.
Samantha McFadden New York, NY I grew up outside of New York in a city that was definitely more urban than suburban. I spent the...
The price of privilege is fear
Erika Malinoski Oakland, CA When I was in college, I ran psychology experiments on volunteer college students, and I was always perfectly comfortable running the...
Can’t speak for all black people.
Sayeeda Brooklyn, NY On a predominately white college campus in the late 80’s early 90’s I was often the only African Caribbean person in a...
Why wait until we’re in college?
Megan Gilson Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan As a future high school teacher, I believe that race and diversity education should...
Lived with black guys in college.
Artie Dee Franklin, IN My first real contact with black people was living with some black guys in college. There were restaurants, in the mid...
