I’m white but have Hispanic siblings
John Higgins, Des Moines, IA Many people are confused or have smart Alec comments to make when they find out I have Hispanic siblings even...
You’re hispanic, then must be Mexican.
Andrea, Eugene, OR Being Hispanic isn’t limited to one ethnicity.
Being hispanic is the best culture
Yolani Cabrera, Huntington, NY Being hispanic is the best especially when it comes to traditions and the food and the countries we are from as...
Indian who was clueless about race
Charuta Apte, Sammamish, WA. I am an Indian, and teach in a under-served community in a school which is equally white, black and hispanic. In...
Don’t Hide Your Culture Embrace It
Dayana Quijano, Mansfield, TX Growing up and having to move to a white community made me feel like I had to hide a part of...
Proudly hispanic, only viewed as Caucasian
Rohyn Contreras-Schofield, Fitzwilliam, NH I grew up in rural NH surrounded by a white community which didn’t allow me to embrace my hispanic/latino side, I...
They asked why I wasn’t working…
Martín De Greiff, Winchester, MA. Just because I am hispanic, does not mean I should be working on your lawn… I was walking one day...
Hispanic American means living two worlds
Iris Velasquez, Houston, TX I am a US citizen with Hispanic roots and two languages and cultures as a student at Lonestar University Park.
Being Hispanic means I take jobs
Vanessa Victoria Lopez, El Centro, CA I feel because I am Hispanic I get judged by other races in that they think or assume I...
No lies, I actually am Hispanic!
Aidan Lopez, Houston, TX I’m a biracial student attending LoneStar College: University Park, however, in most instances, people choose to ignore my Hispanic background.
Will they ask me or assume?
Hillary Buren, Kansas City, MO. As a biracial women growing up in am almost entirely white community I have adapted to addressing my racial ambiguity...
I am Hispanic enough for you!
Ian Diaz, Norfolk, VA Intersectionality exists. Too long have I been told that I’m not Hispanic enough, not white enough, and not black enough to...
The Truth Spoken Behind Closed Doors
Anonymous, Miami, FL. Though I was born and Raised in a suburb a few miles south of Miami, Florida. My mom and dad are from...
Seen It With My Own Eyes
Elizabeth Swenson, Hacienda Heights, CA. I went to school in NC were it was predominately black & white in2006. My husband and the majority of...
Hispanic but also white I think
Claysi Arevalo-Garrido, Union City, CA This is my race card because I never truly know how to identify myself. My parents are from El Salvador...
YOU know what I’m talking about?
King I Allah Lowell, MA This question is at work and on the streets (I’m a so-called Hispanic teacher in a predominantly white teaching force...
