If you’re Colombian, you have drugs
Alondra Cabrera, Justice, IL Growing up in the United States after my parents immigrated here from Colombia, hasn’t been easy. They’ve been questioned for drug...
A Chicano from the Barrio
Miguel Ramirez-Cornejo, Riverside, CA. As a kid I was told that because I grew up in the barrio that I would become a cholo. I...
Being a Black Male in America
Joseph Brown, Lake Elsinore, CA. Being a black male in America is complex. Not only do we have to fight systemic racism, we also have...
He has to be selling drugs.
When I was in the eighth grade my science teacher pulled me to the side after class and asked was I selling drugs. She asked...
“Your black, Do you do drugs?”
Aries Johnson, Minneapolis, MN. My 4th grade teacher asked me if I did drugs, I was so hurt. It was 2 years ago but still...
Drugs are placed in black neighborhoods
Habibah Amattullah, Richmond, VA. The generalization is made that mostly young black men in poor neighborhoods are making money selling drugs. My question is does...
Trump, we’re not criminals or rapists
Sheila, St.Paul, MN. Just because we’re Mexican doesn’t mean we sell drugs, steal, rape, etc.
