You’re White, You Can’t Be Hispanic
Erica Shofner Eugene, OR Explore Identity Being mixed race is a blessing and a curse. I don’t have to deal with the unfortunate social stigma...
What does “majority minority” even mean?
Peter Kim Los Angeles, CA Heard the phrase “majority minority” on the radio the other day. I know exactly what they meant and I have...
What? You mean I’m not white?
Christine Ortega Gaurkee Saint Petersburg, FL Being Hispanic in this country sometimes puts you into many different worlds without even realizing it.
My name and skin don’t match.
Jennifer Lopez Salt Lake City, UT Don’t match your assumptions, that is. It certainly doesn’t help to have the same name as a famous Latina,...
Called racist for not serving someone…
Ethan Pickering Washington, DC …a drink. Because he stumbled into the bar hammered. But he was Salvadoran and I am white. Nevermind that I was...
We don’t want your “White” America
Joel Wasinger Wylie, TX By all appearances, I’m “white” and I was raised in white middle class America. My biological father was Hispanic (my relatives...
“What are you?” people always ask.
Nancy Sheperd Sacramento, CA As a mixed-race woman, I’m often struck by others’, and especially strangers’, need to put me into a box. It isn’t...
Growning up as a hispanic in a white community
James Meyer Salisbury, CT I was adopted and became an artist, all of my paintings portray white children when my wife asked me why, I...
Not what you think I am.
Briana Ciccarino Baltimore, MD “Are you Latina/Hispanic?” this is the question I often get when meeting new people. I appreciate the compliment and wish I...
Check: White… Wait, I’m Hipsanic too?
Andrea M. Newton, MA I grew up not really ever thinking about my race until my college applications asked me to literally box myself into...
I’m not Hispanic, thanks for asking.
Elizabeth Norris Taylor Fernandina Beach, FL I have lived my entire life with people coming up to me and asking, “what are you?” For a...
Not Everyone Whose Hispanic Speaks Spanish
Isaiah Santiago Philadelphia, PA My names Isaiah Santiago and I am Puerto Rican. Being Puerto Rican and being different is always something that I’ve dealt...
White, but torn between many cultures.
Riley W. Marshalltown, IA I’m ethnically European and Turkish, but raised in a town with influential Hispanic and Burmese influences. I find myself thinking that...
Dark White Guy, Please Stay Mute
Joe DiPietro Oakland, CA As a short, dark white guy who’s been called “kike,” “spic,” and “raghead” by white guys, “gringo” or “anglo” by Hispancis,...
Middle Eastern ancestry. Asian? African? White?
Lauren Mooney Elk Grove, CA As children, my mother always referred to us as Lebanese Leprechauns. She was first generation American, of hard-working Lebanese immigrants....
Hispanic does not necessarily mean “Mexican”
Jose Caceres San Antonio, TX I am from Peru, living in Texas for the last 9 years. It is quite common around here to call...
