My Dad said “Jap”. Everyone blushed.
Malcolm Gin, Berkeley, CA. My Dad is Chinese and 86 years old. He was stationed in the Pacific Theater during World War II, fighting on...
Do not judge race by appearance
Stefano Pavone, United Kingdom I am of mixed Euro-Mediterranean descent – primarily Italian, with some Greek and Spanish as well. Given that the Mediterranean region...
Half-white, half-middle-eastern. Where do I belong?
Aimiee Gauvreau, Redondo Beach, CA. I’m almost 47 now; I felt more alone as a child and teenager of the 70s and 80s. I teach...
“Your name doesn’t match your face”
Kimberly Jackson, New York City, NY, Most people do not associate the name “Kimberly Arlene Jackson” with a half-Vietnamese, half-White American person. The surprise is...
Fiipina, American, Human. Mothering white children
Karen Roland, Palm Springs, CA. A Filipina-American girl with three half White, half Filipino children. Building a life in America and building it with diversity....
Obama was black 148 years ago.
Kendra Jones, Selma, AL. As a white woman who voted for Obama twice, I found myself wanting to claim him as my own. “He’s half...
Half black, Half white, Still black.
Kenton Mobley Louisville, KY The world sees a black man, and that is all that matters to them.
Bl-ite: but whiter than most whites.
Lisa Outside USA 1/2 black 1/2 white. What happens when you’re more white that almost anyone you know, but the world looks at you and...
