“My race is human, what’s yours?”
I used to think that race was something like ethnicity. It was who you were, where you came from, or where your ancestors came from....
”I am white, But not racist.”
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer I’ve been called racist just by talking to someone of color. As someone whose ancestors...
Race doesn’t matter; What’s inside does.
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Lots of people have asked me if I was Filipino. I’ve always had the same...
I’m not “white”, I am human.
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Personally, people haven’t been racist to me, but I have heard racist things being said...
I will choose who I am.
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Why people often think that they can only be one thing for their entire life...
Multiracial. Black & White. Still HUMAN.
Elon Race Card Project, Isabella Cannon Room, Center for the Arts
“What is your ethnicity?” I’m human.
Sabrina Perrin, Delaware, OH. As I started growing up, I started getting more and more questions about what ethnicity I was. Although these questions weren’t...
I feel guilty of my skin color
Elisha Lowery, Delaware, OH. At times I feel guilty for being white. I feel people look at me and say “she has it easy she...
Sometimes, I can’t feel guilty anymore.
Allison Hren, Elon, NC. Elon University Recognizing the problems that exist in our divided world are very important, but there’s a part of me that...
American first, Mexican second, Human nonetheless.
Briana B., Sacramento, CA. I am a Mexican American woman and I so happen to be bilingual. A lot of times at work people will...
Black, Caribbean-American, human, American, Southern
Britt Stone, Philadelphia, PA. No one ever asked “what” I am. They just assume. They approach me with all sorts of ideas about what food...
Fiipina, American, Human. Mothering white children
Karen Roland, Palm Springs, CA. A Filipina-American girl with three half White, half Filipino children. Building a life in America and building it with diversity....
Willing to LISTEN, not only hear.
Rochelle Fritsch WI The country’s history and current tension around race and ethnicity create a pull in which some of us need to talk about...
Italian, born in America; first human
Mary Crescenzo, USA. I most always add a “human” box to check, or fill in the blank with “human” on such requests on forms.
I’m biracial & multi-ethnic: I’m Human.
Nichole Pettit, Lake Como, NJ. Monmouth University I’m biracial. I’m not just African American, I’m also American, German, English and Irish! Many say “You’re black,”...
