I am a Irish white male
Elijah Hannigan, Eugene, OR. My family was one the first clans in Ireland the O’Hannegans
My race card is my racecar
Finn Hurtado, Eugene, OR. I am biracial, half Mexican and half white. I don’t have a racial group I identify with or feel proud to...
Base your Judgment on the inside.
Colby Finch, Eugene, OR. Im Colby Finch, 16 yrs old. I grew up in foster care, and in the system, I met a lot of...
Self-image shattered living in South.
Carol Salami-Goswick Eugene, OR I’m a white woman who was born, raised, and lived in CA until I was 54. I was in college during...
Witnessing people confusing anecdote with fact
Deborah Robinson, Los Angeles, CA. I grew up in profoundly white Eugene, Oregon, where I’d laugh at banners emblazoned, CELEBRATE DIVERSITY. “What, as long as...
No, I don’t need a translator.
Kelly Eugene, OR Since we are in the states, why not assume first that I speak English?
Raised mixed, married mixed, had mixed.
Alisha Partlow Eugene, OR My mother is red haired, blue eyed Danish/German. My father, dark haired, brown eyed Mexican. I married a man whose biological...
You look like a leprechaun! Ouch.
Sue Russell Eugene, OR It’s not OK for you to tell me I look like a leprechaun. WTF.
Put your color aside; think bigger.
Karen Schneider Eugene, OR The University of Oregon Because I don’t “see color” I feel I must be naive or shallow.
