Rejected because love is colorblind.
Paula Morris, Long Beach, CA. A white girl growing up in Orange County, CA, where I was anything and anyone “different” was “bad”, I have...
Lives Were Destroyed Because We’re Different
Jordan Mix, Versailles, KY I have a strong background of German in my family because it is on my dad’s side and mom’s side. In...
Just because I’m brown, I’m different
Jessica Hernandez, San Juan Capistrano, CA. My little sister were born light skinned versus me who was born brown. My parents like to bring that...
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...
