You are all the same but different
Malan Hadizadeh, San Francisco, CA I was driving my then three year old son to preschool the Friday before Mother’s Day and asked him, “Who’s...
Why am I different to you?
Gianmarco Tissier, Germany Growing up in Germany with a French and Italian background, I’m always the stranger, no matter where I am.
White to Latinos, Latino to Whites
Carlos Guerrero, Cumming, GA So I’m half Mexican and half American. I get the looks from my white mom which puts me in the middle...
Different on outside, like on inside
Leah Alexander, Cleveland, GA I believe we were all made by a Creator that loves each and everyone of us very much, but He loved...
People fear what they don’t understand.
Lauren Vorbeck, Leawood, KS I choose to believe that when people understand the differences, they are less afraid to reach out to someone new. Our...
I was always different growing up
Julie Long, Pioneer, CA. When I was 8, we moved from a big city to a small country town, where there were, maybe two other...
Mother gave me a different world.
Mary Horton Richmond, VA I didn’t realize until shortly before her death how different the world my mother gave me was from the one she...
Privileged White Girl, Am I Really?
Tina Myrum, Alexandria, MN. Growing up in a small town, there was not a lot of racially diversity. However, I listened to the news, read...
Race is a confusing subject man
Anonymous, Orlando, FL p>Disclaimer the person in the photo is not I but someone who looks like me. My ancestry is Berber Kabyle (North African),...
When it hurts to be different
Aretha, Toledo, OH Not all differences are embraced and celebrated. There has been times I have felt uncomfortable in situations and circumstances for being different,...
The facts stop where feelings begin
John Smith, Las Vegas, TX. Races are diffrent, not only by color of skin, but by brain and how our body is built, its sad...
Love Comes Naturally, Racism is Learned
Mengyao Jiang, Chengdu, Sichuan Racism is hate, racism thinks one is superior, another is weak. However, race is a matter of just means different. Different...
I don’t know how to act
Eryne Tinajero, Honolulu, HI. I am biracial. I wasn’t raised with much knowledge of either culture. It’s always tough to visit the two different sides...
Divided but trying to work together
Sarah G, Alliance, OH Right now especially, the country is so divided because of background or skin color but I’d like to think we can...
Got an accent. In five languages
Ioana Hojda, Aberdeen, SD Immigrant, white wife of an African immigrant and mother to mixed boys. We have moved to the US from Italy, our...
