“But you have blue eyes!” So?
Stephanie Diane Scott-Melnyk, Washington, DC. My father is a light-skinned black man. My mother is an extremely fair white woman. For at least the 40...
Define my integrity, not my identity.
Erin Powell, Washington, DC. “Are you sure your dad is really black?” “If you imagine her with curly hair, you can tell she’s mixed.” “You...
only white people say they are color-blind
Anonymous, Washington, DC. I am White and i hate to hear other White people say they are color blind or that we’re all the “human...
Why ask, when leaves glisten gold.
Lauralee Coady, Washington, DC. Georgetown Day School In the gym, step forward if you are white, back if you are black. A diversity lesson, well...
I’m not his white trophy wife
Moyo Myers, Washington, DC. In that split second when someone (of any race or ethnic origin) sees me (White) standing with my husband (African-American), they...
Well that’s a [pause] unique name
Bassey Etim-Edet Washington, DC No, my name is NOT unique or interesting. You’re world is just very small.
Separate but equal was the goal.
Glennette Clark Washington DC Integration did a great disservice to black people in that we thought that we achieved a dream that turned out to...
