Wait, he’s not your sugar daddy?
Aubrie B., Moscow, ID. I am an 18 year old adopted Chinese girl. For years, I’ve endured the disgusted looks of onlookers whenever I go...
Being “mixed” race is super frustrating.
Amber, Boise, ID. No one gets to decide what “race” they’re born as, but a lot of people have the privilege of being able to...
Straight white male? Must be racist.
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Even if I haven’t really been discriminated against by groups of people thinking they are...
White man, from: Idaho, Arkansas, Justice
Michael R Riley, Potlatch, ID. I can go over to Seattle and order coffee, make conversation, and say I’m from Idaho, and the people are...
First saw black person at 16
Daniel Schram Boise, ID I live in a part of the country that even today has less than 1% black people in it. I’m a...
So I Am an ALIEN, Apparently
Repeka Touli, Murray, UT. “Alien” is the one word I grew up hating because when I was old enough to carry an Identification card (for...
Preference for white doesn’t mean racist
Jann Patterson Hayden, ID The major bad things that have happened to me were because of black people. I was mugged by a group of...
You aren’t what you look like.
Marcus Garcia Moses Lake, WA I’m Mexican but people pretty much never get it right like i get asked if I’m white,greek,persian,middle easter,black(shocked about that...
Mom, will I turn brown now?
Asheley Woodruff Burtonsville, MD My family recently moved from Idaho to Maryland. For the first time, my children were immersed in a racially diverse population....
Two hands shaking, have no color.
Don Wright Lewistown, ID It’s not easy working with a diverse group of people until you get to know each other. It starts by sticking...
I speak Spanish because I am white
Justine Knudson Boise, ID I don’t come from a family of great social status, but as a white, native English speaker in the United States,...
“Underrepresented Groups” means “White Men Denied”
Ian McDaniel Boise, ID On a recent visit to my local Small Business Association, I was told that there was nothing they could do for...
