Disabled Veteran: Caucasians only see Latina.
Ingrid Ponce, Orange Park, FL In the years of his (Mr. Trump) first Presidency term: A white man mocked, harassed and tried to run over...
Unaware, yet aware something was amiss
Billie Anderson, Hampton, TN My birth family lived in Orlando, Florida where my father ministered to the First Christian Church. He wanted to help start...
“Shonda?” No interview. “SK?” Wow, interview!
Shonda Kay Purvis, Green Cove Springs, FL. I have had to rebrand myself and change my name because “Shonda K. Purvis” (and her “BLACK” resume)...
Stuck between two races..fitting neither.
Margaret Hayes, Bartow, FL. I am mostly White on my mother’s side. Her family is all Southern. I do not look anything like them nor...
You aren’t a dissapointment, we are.
Abbey Daykin, Lakeland, FL. We are all people no matter the color or race, and the way we treated you makes me ashamed to say...
Mom, why do they hate us?
Theresa Salomon, Parkland, FL. A few months ago, as my 7 year old son was about to seat next to a class mate, he was...
Listen when we say it’s real!
Celestial Holmes, Yulee, FL. It’s frustrating when whites are dismissive and argumentative about race issues and privilege in America.
I thought they would go back
Marilyn Blotcher Mitchell, Tallahassee, FL Grew up in Miami; Cuban refugees started coming when I was in elementary school. Bumper stickers said “Will the last...
I love the person that I am
Krystal Roland, North Lauderdale, FL Inside and out. The different faces of different races
DATING AS A “BLACK” MAN…
NR Jr., Tampa, FL. So as a paid volunteer in the US Armed Forces who has traveled extensively across the world. America has a “big”...
I am a Black Dominican and Jamaican
Brittany Baxter, Lake City, FL I am a first-generation American. I speak English and Spanish I have experienced racism from everyone simply because I don’t...
Armenian, Greek, What’s in a name?
Chris Terzian, Gainesville, FL As an Armenian and Greek individual, my race and heritage are known by the last three letters of my name (ian)....
My race does not define me
Kristin Koby, Palm Bay, FL. I was put up for adoption before I was even born. A loving white family of 7 took me in...
