Armenian, Tagalog, Ilocano, no. Wolof, yes.
Anoosh Jorjorian, Santa Monica, CA. My paternal grandmother came to the U.S. to escape the Armenian Genocide. My maternal grandfather jumped aboard a U.S. submarine...
Loving and Hating being Asian
Vivian Li San Jose, CA I deeply appreciate my heritage as a Chinese-American. It has taught me about a complex culture, thousands-of-years-old ideology, and a...
Black grandma, White grandpa. That’s weird!
Val’Dionna P., San Francisco, CA. Throughout the years it has been a bit difficult to understand the many emotions and stereotypes being of color and...
Where you from? From planet earth!
Saif Ashfak, Wayne State, Warren, MI Are you an arabic or Mexican ? Lot of people can easily confuse me because of my lighter skin...
Your color doesn’t make you better.
Sasha Dee, Richmond, VA. It drives me crazy that people think something as arbitrary as the color of their skin makes them inherently worth more...
Being a Black Male in America
Joseph Brown, Lake Elsinore, CA. Being a black male in America is complex. Not only do we have to fight systemic racism, we also have...
I look white but I’m hispanic
Kassandra Lynn Pasquale, Bonner Springs, KS. I never really liked how people automatically assume that I’m white just because I always really pale. Just because...
Segregation will never stop impacting us
Lisandra, Boston, MA. Race is not something simple but complex issues with opinion and facts.
White person, in a white place.
Connor York, Portland, OR. Experiencing life as a middle class white male in a largely white area can make it difficult to understand the complex...
Beautiful flecks on history’s butterfly wings.
James Wyatt Aiken Memphis, TN Sentient life is in its earliest stages, its infancy. As a sentient RACE, humanity has the joyous opportunity to witness...
A complex and ridiculous social construct
Dana Bryant, New York, NY. Case in Point: Walter White, Director of the NAACP from 1931-1955 . The man had about 1/27th percent black blood...
It’s too complex for six words
Brian Spears Submitted via Twitter: @briankspears Drake University Des Moines, IA
Complex, challenging, hurting, beautiful, hopeful, misunderstood
Sue Johnston Seattle, WA UW-Madison
Don’t cry. Mama loves your curls.
Hilary Roberts-King Baltimore, MD Children’s books and Sesame Street make multi-cultural living look so easy. Of course I want my daughters to be proud of...
Complex, invisible, vivid 800 pound gorilla
Tystewrt Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
