Long hair for a black girl.
Paige, MI Growing up, this is something I have heard countless times. Microaggressions like this are not only offensive, but further divide us as a...
You’re mixed with that hair, right?
Khairah L. Walker, Montclair Heights, NJ. My hair is not my heritage. It’s been an issue my entire life, people define me because of it....
We define society, society defines us
Shuling Lin, MA All of the issues talked about in these race cards are a result of individuals stating facts about another. The world we...
It is called hijab not towel.
Tasmia, High Point, NC As a new immigrant I love to wear my ethnic outfit that includes a headpiece called a hijab. I was called...
I’m one of the good ones
Abraham Sanchez, Palo Alto, CA. Just cause I don’t act the same as other Mexicans does not define my moral value. You don’t say that...
Guessing my race isn’t a game
Sheila Islam, Oakland, CA. You do not win a prize if you get it right. People hardly ever guess it right and thats not exactly...
R A C E! Four letters that define us.
Julie, Miami, FL I wasn’t tuned into racial differences growing up as my community was fairly homogeneous. It wasn’t until I began to travel at...
Does my skin color really matter?
Ricardo Quintanilla Jr., Mission, TX. For what I have seen the world to be, skin color makes for a subject of preference or a form...
Just being human should define us
Matt Bentz, Submitted via Twitter: @mbentz27. Drake University Des Moines, IA
New option at doctors – Eastern European
Anonymous, Baltimore, MD. When people discuss race, they seem to refer to only people of color. I always check Caucasian on forms. At the doctors...
Is my color who I am?
Lora-Ellen McKinney, Renton, WA. I am not my color, though I am in some ways what my color represents in America. I am, by this...
Cut normal white people some slack.
Aimee Castro-DiGiovanni, Scottsdale, AZ. It’s disappointing to know the color of my skin, in the eyes of others, seems to define me. It doesn’t. My...
Define race. Ha I thought so!
Nicole, Irvine, CA Who can give a clear definition of race? Does that definition “A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical...
Race is important, Love is Necessary
Delaina Peek, Sarasota, FL. One’s culture and Race is important and defining, but Love overcomes all and we all are the voices of Love
Where I’m from doesn’t define me
RaSean Tisinger, Waleska, GA Because it’s easy to judge a book by its cover
