White indigenous girl adopted white family
Hannah Anderson, Southeastern Community College, IA >My upbringing was different than most, I visited a majority of North America by 13. As a child I...
Why are they staring at me?
Sophia Villasenor, Anaheim, CA Moving to Boise, Idaho when I was 7, I dealt with a change. I quickly felt as if I wasn’t the...
He needed help. I gave it.
G. Wilkins, Lakewood, CO At 5’2” I was a petite young White female who adored road trips, had driven mostly alone through all of the...
Age 5 They don’t serve Mexicans
Mario Lopez, Chicago, IL Our family was on vacation on the way to visit family in Mexico and we went to some restaurant in Texas...
Thankful mom embraced non-white cultures too.
Adrianne Tomkinson, Aurora, IL I am white. I am female. I grew up poor with black, brown, white and yellow neighbors. I loved and felt...
DON’T ASK HER ABOUT HER HAIR
JOLIE HUGHES, NEW LONDON, NH 1968. I was 7 years old and in 2nd grade when I was aware of one little girl’s shiny, pressed...
Stop watching, Start listening. It’s complicated.
Phyllis A. Christie, Plover, WI I have learned more about our racial diversity, our racial tensions, and our racial inequities in the past three years...
Race is a Matter of Mind
John Stephens, New Market, VA. Many years ago, when I was a young man, I went to see the movie The Defiant Ones with Tony...
People like me sit with you
Bobbi McCullen, Atlanta, GA I remember the first time I was made aware of “race”. My family had just moved to a new town, and...
Why Can’t Anyone Pronounce My Name
Tayeece, NH Since I was born, nobody could pronounce my name. In school, appointments, meeting new people, etc. Everyday I would have to explain the...
Workplace became overwhelmingly Black. A blessing.
Rachel Forester, Attica, MI For almost my whole work life, I worked as clerical help in a fairly large hospital Emergency Room. I held several...
Just how you are, my friend.
Amberly Richins, Rigby, ID. Through my experiences living in another country for a couple years I’ve learned that the most rewarding feeling in the world...
White female, eager learner, poor listener
Terry Tringali Killoran, Sterling Heights, MI I had black friends growing up. I thought I did. We played together at school and after school at...
DON’T ASK ME TO JUST FORGET
Thaddeus, Nashville, TN. I was raised poor in Louisiana where the generations of my family before me farmed and picked cotton, fished and lived off...
This guy named Ish can Fish
Noah Clayton, Lakeland, FL. In the past year I have started be become really fond with Bass fishing. I caught my first Bass towards the...
Jenny has made you a pie
Trey Willy Seale, AL I was small and white. Jenny was old and black. She took care of me when I was little when my...
That girl spat in my eye.
Caprice Becker, Manhattan, KS. I was in High School in a very small town of about 1300 mostly descended from German immigrants in the 1870s,...
