You’re hispanic, then must be Mexican.
Andrea, Eugene, OR Being Hispanic isn’t limited to one ethnicity.
ROOTS show ended our interracial marriage
Laura Romeyn, Eugene, OR Thanks for giving this opportunity to express feelings and facts
Serena, like the “black” tennis player.
Serena Serrano, Eugene, OR. I grew up in a hispanic house hold and I remember whenever someone would ask me what my name was and...
“He’s not your son? Oh good!”
Amber Halverson, Eugene, OR. “Oh good! He doesn’t look like he has any white in him at all!” My first real encounter with my own...
Ni De Aquí, Ni De Allá
Irvania López Toledo, Eugene, OR Growing up as a first-generation American in a white city was difficult for me, growing up. As early as four...
How white of me to participate.
Ben Guyton, Eugene, OR This is mostly a dig at me– for the impulse to submit a phrase as if it meant I was helping...
A missplaced comma, in fluid sentences.
Anil Oommen Eugene, OR University of Oregon I am brown, a Malayalee, a person of Indian descent in a primarily white setting. This is often...
Why am I always Monopoly Banker?
Sasha Feoktistov, Eugene, OR Jews as a minority group are put in a particularly awkward place. Because we enjoy most if not all of the...
Korean-Argentine Orphan. What is heritage?
Jacky Grey, Eugene, OR Having no connection to my heritage thorough my parents makes me feel like an imposter when I meet “real” people do...
Neither This or That, but Also
Rena Joy Dunbar, Eugene, OR. Our Black and White bi-racial identity was questioned even before we emerged from the womb. What ‘race’ would we turn...
What can I do about it?
Erika Peterson, Eugene, OR. Systemic racism and socialization feel so deeply seeded in our society that it makes me feel like there is nothing we...
