Two languages, Three dialects, Three cultures
Vincent Lei, San Ramon, CA. Grew up in Macau, China. Mainly speak Cantonese there. Moved to America four years ago and started to speak English...
She’s like me, never the reverse.
Nancy G Moehle, Minneapolis, MN I don’t like to think of myself as a racist. But it dawned on me just this morning, that when...
Pain is hard, friends are complicated
Jaclyn Flint, Elmira, NY I’ve been through a lot of pain, friends are complicated. You hang out with people for so many years, don’t know...
Small brown flecks on a tortilla
Jane Orias, St. Louis, MO We moved to St. Louis, MO about 6 years ago after living in Hawaii and the west coast. The topic...
I was there, so were friends.
Daniel Cohen Stroudsburg, PA I am so grateful that you have this exhibit. The sixties and the political movements of that time were so exciting...
Look Asian but culturally I wasn’t
Allison, Aurora, CO I grew up in a very Americanized community although my family was very cultural. All my friends in school were white leaving...
Don’t say “that is so black”
Ayla A. Wilk, Blacksburg, VA. I grew up in a small town in the south side of Virginia. Our town was built on a foundation...
Blood does not Determine Our Family
CALEY CITRO, Stephens City, VA Where we live or who we meet defines us. We grow up around people who are known as friends but...
I’m white. How can I help?
Anne Huntemer, Sonora, CA. Coming from a place of privilege, how can I help welcome and fight for my friends of color? I know I...
Can’t see beyond my white privilege
Jessica, CA. I am a white female living in California with my white family. I grew up in an area where I was one of...
Regaining and loving my lost culture
Lourdes, Atlanta, GA Being born and raised in the South in predominantly white areas being a hispanic was a lot. It was hard to make...
Who Will Your Children Play With
Linda Hunt CT I am in a 40 year bi-racial marriage and very early on when my children were small, my grandmother made the comment...
Sheltered friends. Life is not effortless.
Mary Beth Bergeron Rapid River, MI I am white. I have lived in Tidewater, VA and a highly diverse college town in southwest Ohio. My...
Biker gangs have love for me
Richard Haynie, Oakland, CA. I walked into a roadside tavern near Allentown PA that had several motorcycles parked outside. Loving bikes, I thought nothing of...
I’m white my daughter is black
Jennifer Berkemeier, Farmington Hills, MI. I’m a single mom. I adopted my daughter from Haiti in 2012 when she was 4 years old. I’m white,...
I feel like I’ve been sorted.
Jaclyn Huelbig, Edison, NJ. I’m white. When I was a child, I lived in a city (the type that hipsters remain uninterested in!) and I...
I don’t know where to begin.
Elizabeth Johnson, Arlington, VA. There are so many things I wish I could say but am worried they will come out the wrong way. I...
I was so slow to understand
Angela T, Indianapolis, IN I am still learning. I’m thankful for the African American friends I have made who let me ask questions without judging...
