White, Not allowed to be proud
Larry Smith Flemingsburg, KY I feel like if I’m proud of my white heritage I will be seen as racist. There is a double standard....
Why I Choose To Use Other
Malcolm X. Mosely, Lorain, OH. I started using “Other long ago when they first started putting it on an option and I could start filling...
Loving and Hating being Asian
Vivian Li San Jose, CA I deeply appreciate my heritage as a Chinese-American. It has taught me about a complex culture, thousands-of-years-old ideology, and a...
A “white girl” with a unique heritage
Ashlyn Rachelle Sharp, Azle, TX. I hate the term “typical white girl”. Why does a girl whose taste buds enjoy pumpkin spice lattes have to...
What do you mean “white washed”?
Perla Villegas, Wichita, KS Growing up going back and forth with parents was confusing especially being as young as I was. I was moving from...
“Southern heritage” is a convenient copout.
Inmymamaname Peppars, Submitted via Twitter: @TrnGangDatabase #theracecardproject
It is not a heritage thing
Sara Lachance, Springdale, AR. Seeing Confederate flags on the back of trucks and outside people’s houses makes my stomach hurt. I once encountered a person...
Not white, but my kids are?
Rob Silva Oakland, CA First generation with Indo-Dutch/ El Salvadoran heritage. Family has seemingly always been the non-white in the group, especially when listening to...
Little bit of everything and everywhere
Ashlee Johnston, Ladera Ranch, CA. People tell me they thought that I am White but once I tell them about my Asian/Hawaiian/Spanish/Canadian…. background they say...
My race is not my story!
Karlee Jackson, Mckinleyville, CA I’ve never understood race. Is race the color of my skin, my heritage, the way I feel about myself, or what...
Natives Can Have Curls Without Admixture
An Indigenous Native American’s with Curly Hair, USA Western Hemisphere Indigenous Natives The “straight hair myth” started by The English Settlers in North American, and...
Latinas with fros are sexy too!
Jeanette Ruiz, Atlanta, GA. Growing up I learned to hate my afro hair. I was the only one in my family with course African hair...
Korean-Argentine Orphan. What is heritage?
Jacky Grey, Eugene, OR Having no connection to my heritage thorough my parents makes me feel like an imposter when I meet “real” people do...
I like kimchi more than potatoes.
Sarah Diggins, Berlin, MA. I’m almost entirely Irish by heritage (my dad’s side is 100%), but I never really clicked with the culture. I grew...
Not Connected To My Own Heritage
Amanda Bajema, Riverside, CA. When my great grandparents immigrated to America from the Netherlands after World War II they put in their best effort to...
Go Ahead and Call Me Cracker
Jackie Barclay USA Years ago, I had a run-in at a convenience store with a black woman who apparently hated me because I’m white. I...
