Too white to be Native American
Simone, Chicago, IL. A lot of people say I look too white to be Native American. It’s tiring that my mom is full Cherokee while...
I’m Neither Asian or White Enough
Susie, Fairbanks, AK. I am tired of being told I am not white enough or Asian enough. As mixed race, racial identity is already hard...
You speak Spanish??? You look white.
Anonymous, Perris, CA. I have green eyes, blonde hair, and light skin so I must be white, but wait.. I speak Spanish. I am Mexican...
I have always wanted Blonde Hair
Sierra Lozano, CA. I feel as though I need more than six words to say how I’ve felt my whole 18 years of living. I...
The lies of my skin color.
Kitt Smith, USA. I have white skin, green eyes and brown hair. I appear every bit a homogeneous American white. I am not. I am...
I thought you’d be something else?
Natilee Pinedo, Chino, CA. Whenever I tell someone that I am a hundred percent Mexican, I always get a look as if I am telling...
Mexican? but you have green eyes…
Ebony Delaisla, Fresno/Sanger, CA. I wrote, Mexican? but you have green eyes… because, I’m light skinned with green eyes and every time I tell others...
Yes, white skin, and still Mexican
Judee Fernandez, Los Angeles, CA. I am a white looking Mexican woman born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents who are brown and proud. Yet...
You don’t look like a Mexican.
Edmundo de la Garza Seattle, WA I was born in Chicago to fair skinned parents, one with green eyes and the other with hazel eyes....
