Love doesn’t have a certain color
Maura Chalupa, Muscatine, IA I have never once looked at someone and said I can not love them or look at the differently because of...
I don’t care about my race.
Adam L Wright, Dillard, GA p>We live in a day and age where everything seems to be about race, and as someone who loves humankind,...
It should never make a difference
Mark Baron, Hartsdale, NY We’re all human. We should celebrate all of our diverse human cultures but never denigrate them. And while we’re at, how...
White but trying to become human
Tree Yannetty, Wellesley, MA Trying to stay vulnerable. This stuff is complicated. Thank you for your work.
Earthlings, Our Race is Human Race
Loren Broyles, Spokane, WA. We all have our own path and yet we all want to be happy and avoid suffering.
I’m A Human, Not A Fruit
Gabrielle Guzman San Diego, CA Yes, I am Mexican. Yes, I know I apparently hold the same facial features as someone who would be considered...
What race are you? JUST HUMAN!
Mika Derifield, Wadsworth, OH. It’s so sad that we live in a world that requires labels. Applying for a job, home, or even a social...
I hate being called a “white boy”
Anonymous, USA. “White boy”, , , . What I don’t understand is why there has always had to be a race at the bottom. No...
We’re flawed. We’re perfect. We’re human.
Ashley Beighley, Jamestown, CA The warmth of the sun shines brightly through storm clouds, and the contrast produces rainbows. Similarly, the diversity of humanity makes...
We’re imperiled by failure to love.
Marj Evans-de-Carpio, Lake Benton, MN Bears, cheetahs, alligators…so many creatures can put an end to us. Even some spiders and, yes, a microscopic virus. The...
Are you Mexican? Does it matter?
Mya Garcia, Lubbock, TX When I am asked if I am Mexican, I truly don’t know how to answer. No, none of my family is...
My skin is not my culture.
Rachel Brinson, Centennial, CO. People always want to put me in a box and assume what I find offensive, what I find familiar, and how...
Not a Stone, But a Human.
Miriam Alvarado, Glen Cove, NY Currently attending Nassau Community College
I hate being called a “white boy”
Anonymous, USA. “White boy”, , , . What I don’t understand is why there has always had to be a race at the bottom. No...
We, human beings, are like apples
Kayla G, Saint Louis, MO The majority of us, if not all, do not choose an apple by the color of its skin, but for...
Racism is an ego-based human dysfuntion
James E Washington, Rochester, NY. The ego thrives on identification and separation. We seems to be a nation that thrives on dualism, having an “other”...
