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Christina Lewis Halpern New York City, NY The strange thing about race in the western world is the strong need to put people’s identities into...

Less about me, more about race.

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Kristen Milwaukee, WI As a white, middle-class lesbian, I often focus conversations regarding diversity around how I am a part of the subordinate identity. I...

People see white- but I’m Mexican!

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Mikah Broken Arrow, OK A lot of people are surprised when I tell them I’m Mexican… I’m light-skinned with dark hair and it disappoints me...

We-all bleed red. So don’t judge

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Nathalie Gregoire New York City, NY Brooklyn All my life I have been judged. When we see black people we automatically think they are thieves....

Mexican With White Skin No Spanish

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JS CA Brought up to believe my Mexican heritage was secondary to my white heritage. Didn’t learn Spanish, didn’t learn culture. As a young woman...

NPR journalist to deliver Blackburn lecture

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REPOST FROM: IN NEWS / BY EMILY WILLIAMS / ON APRIL 2, 2014 AT 12:00 AM / National Public Radio host and author Michele Norris...

We are only who we are

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Netanya Stein Caldwell, NJ You cant pretend to be someone you’re not. you are who you are; our background shapes a large part of our...

Respect all identities love all faces

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Rosie Vasen New York City, NY

I witness and rewitness history

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Melissa Johnson Brooklyn, NY With the continual killing and imprisoning, marginalization and exploitation of the black individual–blackness as an identity is loved and hated all...

Daughter of biracial divorce, identity shattered

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Sonali Miller Portland, OR

Bland identity. Culturally disappointing. Plain white.

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Dianna Pategas Sandy Hook, CT I’ve always felt a strange longing for more cultural identity. My family doesn’t have strong traditions or ties to any...

I’m not Japanese-American. I’m just Japanese.

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Katie Hana Kuyama Northridge, CA I’ve always thought it weird to add “American” to my identity when my ethnicity is indeed Japanese. I’m a second...

I’m Caucasian, therefore the assumed oppressor.

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Casi Scheidt Carbondale, IL It’s come to my attention that, throughout my life, others sometimes assume that my racial identity as white means that I...

But where are you really from?

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Adriana Green Richmond, VA Cornered in the grocery store, back pressed against stacked cans and rows of condiments – “But where are you really from?”...