The perfect woman do not exist- La mujer perfecta no existe!
Laura A Cruz, Hicksville, NY The gender roles are the expectations that society has for how people act, speak, dress, and groom based on their...
Why isn’t my Quincenera proof enough?
Emily Angelica Roldan, Saint Francisville, LA. My father is from Colombia and my mother is from Georgia. I have pale freckled skin, glasses, and I...
My skin doesn’t reveal my soul
Traci Neal, Columbia, SC As long as I can remember, growing up in the South, I have had my experiences with racism. I think, in...
I’m just an American outside America!
Alma Gill, Columbia, MD. When I travel to other countries, I find it fascinating when asked, are you American? I’ve never been asked or identified...
I’ve been called my sister’s nanny.
Mary Carroll, Columbia, SC. I am biracial and adopted into a white family. Growing up in a very southern affluent area, people were always asking...
“Rahsheba…that is an interesting name”
Rahsheba Major, Columbia, SC This was said to me by an unsmiling white female department store cashier, likely around the same age as I, early...
THE WALL, BLACK, AN HONORABLE COLOR.
David DeChant, Marine Vietnam Veteran Key West, FL Michele,Greetings again. I am a member of the core group of Vietnam Veterans who built The Wall...
Never Been Asked: “What Are You?”
Ella Harris, Columbia, MD I always felt disconnected from my African American identity. With my blonde hair, light green eyes, and fair skin, the world...
You’re lucky; you have good hair
Aminah Columbia, SC Being a light-skinned African-American has afforded me the ability to kind of live on multiple sides of the race coin in terms...
If you’re Colombian, you have drugs
Alondra Cabrera, Justice, IL Growing up in the United States after my parents immigrated here from Colombia, hasn’t been easy. They’ve been questioned for drug...
I want you to be authentic
Samantha Kaindi, Columbia, MD When I think about all the microaggressions said to me prior to this comment, I get really sad and wonder, what...
Race will always evolve, embrace it!
Reba Eads, Columbia, MO I wish I could live to see open-mindedness with the race issue! What a brilliant day that will be.
Who lives here? You or him?
Beth Brawley, Columbia, SC. My son is mixed race and when he was young a neighbor had a cousin over. They wanted to shoot a...
