Your family isn’t your “real” family
Anonymous, Des Moiones, IA. Drake University This is what my mom was told in 1954 when social services came into her home and removed her...
Your family isn’t your “real” family
Anonymous, Des Moiones, IA. Drake University This is what my mom was told in 1954 when social services came into her home and removed her...
Just being human should define us
Matt Bentz, Submitted via Twitter: @mbentz27. Drake University Des Moines, IA
Constant awareness is difficult but necessary
Mark Reiter Drake University Des Moines, IA I grew up in a very white Catholic community. I always understood that there was more to the...
My kids are mixed. And me?
Amy Spencer, Kalona, IA. On Location: Drake University Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I think, ‘Dang, you’re pale.’ But inside, I’m mixed, because...
Without skin, would we be equals?
Britta Solan Des Moines, IA Drake University Skin…why skin? Shouldn’t we judge by something more productive…kindness…ability to make a difference…what we can contribute… we are...
Aunt Lucy would be ashamed
Kevin Potts, Des Moines, IA. Drake University Mankind is surprisingly homogeneous, having evolved from a common ancestor. Our distant relative ‘Aunt Lucy’, the Australopithecus Afarensis...
Brown eyes, Red hair, Dark skin
Lora Fraracci Des Moines, IA Drake University My beautiful daughter.
European American just doesn’t make sense.
Emma Croskrey Des Moines, IA Drake University During my senior year of high school we were filling out our College applications, and I remember I...
“White” isn’t a definition or race
Anonymous Des Moines, IA Drake University Asians get offended when you cannot tell exactly which ethnicity they are, and yet it is fine/appropriate to call...
