I’m Italian, West Asian, North African
Leah Granen, Santa Clarita, CA I grew up thinking I was second generation 100% Italian/Sicilian. I realized that my grandfather and great uncles had Americanized...
My history was taken from me
Kat Schmoker, Lubbock, TX I was adopted when I was 18 months and was never given the chance to get to know my identity with...
A white woman searching for truth
Pat Booker, New Ulm, MN I knew nothing about Tulsa- why!? So much history covered up & it continues today. I want to know everything...
I will never be black enough.
Janeen Irving, San Leandro, CA. For the first 12 years of my life I was clueless to my own color (or lack thereof) growing up...
Confucius say study hard respect parents
Alex Liu, Columbia, MD. Culture, inmigration patterns, history – it’s all very nuanced. Confucius did boil down the success formula though…what do ya’ll think?
I don’t understand, lets love instead
Megan, KY. Where to start. I have no clue. I guess I’ll start with some background about myself. I am a person full of love...
A divisive dividing line against commonality…
Anonymous, Summerdale, AL. To fully understand the reasons why race is such a hot button topic in my opinion,is that one must look at the...
Own history, own America, our turn.
Keith Stokes, Newport, RI. Persons of African heritage have been far too long a background to much of American history. The more we can learn...
Asians challenge the Black-White racial binary.
Jason Fong, Los Angeles, CA. Asian Americans have been in the U.S. for hundreds of years and yet we are routinely excluded from discussions about...
But I’m not White… I’m Jewish.
Liza Frolkis, Nevada City, CA. I understand that because modern Jews are descended from multiple populations that ‘Judaism’ is not technically a race. But the...
What did we lose becoming white?
Rosa Friedman, Philadelphia, PA. My grandparents came to this country as children of Jewish families from eastern Europe. In order to become accepted as part...
I passed Citizenship test, can you?
Avanti Iyer, Chevy Chase, MD. I’m tired of not been seen as having the same rights as white people (especially after 9/11). I had to...
My kids know of black presidents
Kim Callahan Portland, OR I am a white single mom, my son and daughter (11 & 10) are siblings I adopted from Haiti. For all...
Race is not a race
Vero Korbenfeld, Miami, FL More often than not, minorities are running a race against each other, to see who wins the “most tragic history” ribbon....
I won’t bear my ancestor’s sins.
Jonathan T Sciance Norfolk, VA I am me, I want to be judged by my history, not my people’s.
God created race people created racism
Eric Evans, Tarboro, NC. Our God-given differences are meant to be appreciated not to keep us separated. As a Native American man I live in...
