False construct. Always falls on us.
Sabrina Sojourner, Washingtin, DC. I look forward to the day when I am NOT accused of playing the race card; when I am NOT asked...
I pass, but I can understand.
Kira Henstenburg, Washington, DC. Mixed race Russian-Kazakh. Adopted. I’m not considered “asian enough” to be invited to anime conventions. I’m not comfortable taking a strong...
Will you have an arranged marriage?
Krishna Ghodiwala, Washington, DC. I am an Indian American woman who was born in Canada, immigrated to the US at the age of 3, and...
Biligaana living off-reservation and missing frybread
Ezra Rosser Washington, DC Biligaana is a Navajo/Dine word that means “white, other, or the enemy.” I grew up in part on the Navajo Nation...
Some of my best friends are….
Steven Shimberg Washington, DC I envy our kids who seem to be colorblind and take diversity for granted. Having grown up in the 50’s and...
Uppity white mother, shut your mouth
Kristen Hartke Washington, DC I have been a DC public school parent for 14 years, and my daughter is about to graduate from high school....
Divide and conquer is still working.
Kristin Barker, Washington, DC. Thanks for this project. Love you, Michele!
RIGHTEOUSNESS Awaken by SURVIVAL through FORGIVENESS
Dr. Felicia R. Wilson Young, Washington, DC. The constructs of race can not define me, withhold anything from me. I love the SKIN I am...
I try not to be racist
Brittney Smith, Washington, DC. But since I’ve moved here I can’t help but notice that many of the stereotypes of black males are true. I’ve...
“You talk like a white person.”
Growing up in a biracial family, the concept of race has always been confusing to me. As I grew older and began to learn more...
Race is fiction, racism is real
Phyllis l. Johnson, Washington, DC. We as black people still suffer from the vestiges of slavery, like colorism.
To know someone is to care.
Renee Sumby, Washington, DC. Thanks Michele for an amazing keynote at Society for Human Resource Management’s Diversity & Inclusion Conference in Boston last week. People...
Not “bi-racial”, not “mixed”, just human!
Tyler Brown, Washington, DC. As an African American and Irish American man ppl have referred to me as biracial or mixed for most of my...
