Queer and Pakistani. Not a contradiction
Aleenah Ansari, Seattle, WA I didn’t choose to be queer, but I can choose to live authentically, to stoke conversations about queerness in communities of...
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Aleenah Ansari, Seattle, WA I didn’t choose to be queer, but I can choose to live authentically, to stoke conversations about queerness in communities of...
Madison Tounsley, Pleasant Hill, IA I am a 19 year old woman who has battled with my ethnicity/race growing up. I am part Asian and...
Amber Nicole Gutierrez, Hemet, CA. Everyone grew up with a different life-style, just because I look of Mexican decent does not mean I am the...
Jake Dinh, Lake Forest, CA Being Vietnamese but born in the US created a feeling of disconnection for me neither fully connected to Vietnamese heritage...
Reem, Grand Prairie, TX This six word race-card projects reflects on the common misconception or stereotypes that Arab women who wear the hijab face. Often...
Marquez Jones, Houston, TX I chose “Black 365 Days of the Year” because in my heart and in the manner that I live my life,...
Janel Ruehl, Bend, OR I’m a white American, but that doesn’t mean much to me. It doesn’t feel like a fully fleshed-out identity I can...
Molly Lai, Milford, NH. I was terrified of traveling as a child because I hated people asking if I was adopted. Or the more frightening...
Ryann Williams, Trinity University In a lot of ways, having two parents of different racial/ethnic backgrounds allows a unique insight into both cultures. It can...
David Pham Poughkeepsie, NY When I was young, my mom told me a macabre anecdote about the Vietnam War. She remembered that American soldiers would...
Justina Adarkwah Christchurch, VA I’ve always had a problem with identity, but ironically I realized it was me that thought I had a problem, it...
Christina Mayes, Richmond, CA. The constant revolving question in my life is, “What are you?” Let’s take care of this question now. My father is...
Jubin Timilsina, Jonesboro, AR We are Nepalese and we have our own identity. Stop calling us Indians
Giji Mischel Dennard, Burtonsville, MD While my cross-culture world view likely has been shaped by my early exposure to people with ethnicities different from my...
Jeanine Flier, Tujunga, CA. I am a mother of 3 multiracial children. They all have different types of hair. My oldest son has a very...
Chenille, El Paso, TX Not being Mexican enough, and not being American enough is the realm that haunts me and many of us Mexican Americans....
Kristen Ellerbe, Richmond, VA. As a mixed child, I have never felt at home with any culture. My mother was born in the Philippines and...