Racism is too weak a word.
Amelinda, New Haven, CT. I am as white as they come… Blonde hair, blue eyes; English, Swedish, Irish, German, French heritage… I grew up in...
I promise; It’s Muslim, Not Muzlim
Mira Elzanaty, Fairfield, CT. My father is an immigrant from Egypt and my mother an immigrant from Lithuania (but at the time she grew up...
Tall girl plays piano not basketball.
Dianna Hamden, CT I realize that height isn’t necessarily race, but it’s a preconception that I’ve dealt with my entire life. Yes, I’m over 6...
Cut off–that is black America.
Ian Peterkin, Bridgeport, CT. When you think about it, what do you know of the achievements of black Americans other than what you get in...
Wanted to be a black teenager
Elizabeth Hess, New Haven, CT. That photo is the end paper of my yearbook, Weaver High School, Hartford, Connecticut, 1975. I was one of about...
Tomorrow’s prejudice is class, not race.
Nate Pickett Kensington, CT If I see a group of rowdy teens in large fitted hats, Ed Hardy sweatshirts, and baggy jeans, I get a...
Shouldn’t matter who I date, Dad.
Nicole North Haven, CT 28 years later I still love him and realize he was always the one I had been searching for all this...
My race changes with the seasons
Jacinta Lomba, South Windsor, CT. Thank you for organizing this campaign! I think it is fabulous.
I’m Proud To Be Irish/Italian American
Sean, CT. I’m not proud to be white, because there’s so many different kinds of white and I’m not proud of my skin color, I’m...
The apostrophe, like the Irish, disappear.
William O’Lynnger Deep River, CT As the world culture swirls together, the flavors are lost.
Black with dreads and white husband
Tiffany Yizar, Norwalk, CT. My blackness and black cultural authenticity is never questioned, until people discover I have a white husband. As if his race...
Adopted, not White but not Indian
Sarah Lindahl, Manchester, CT. Thanks so much for coming to UConn as part of our HuskyWOW welcome to the Class of 2019!
Always check “White, Non-Hispanic origin” box
Jay Marie Fernandez, Bridgeport, CT. With white skin, being of Hispanic origin, in a household that did not speak Spanish, in a predominantly Spanish speaking...
Mother of seven. Am not illiterate.
Nedra Rutherford, Bridgeport, CT. People often think that I am not smart, my children have different fathers and last names. My husband is the father...
