Searching for a way to feel
Hadsim, Chicago, IL. Grew up in Detroit. 1970s. Did time in the Nation of Islam for 2 years. Father was discriminated against at work (thus...
Big-eyed Asian? Yup, that’s possible.
Sonyca Bermundo, Chicago, IL. I am an Asian born with really big eyes. It always frustrate me when people say, “All Asians have small eyes,”...
I am richer, because of learning.
Robin Sluzas, Chicago, IL I am a senior citizen. As a new college junior, I took a History of Radicalism class at the University of...
Judge not, lest ye be judged
Donald Honchell, Chicago, IL Bias is based on fear and jealousy. It seems best expressed to me in the film Mississippi Burning. There, the Gene...
Boy From America’s Heartland, Indian American
Rahul Iyer, Mesa , AZ. I graduated high school from Dixon IL, a small town halfway between Rockford and Moline, in the Northwestern part of...
They thought I was too light
Aaron Noel Segovia, Berwyn, IL Meeting my second family was quite disappointing to say the most, they didn’t seem to think I was apart of...
If you’re Colombian, you have drugs
Alondra Cabrera, Justice, IL Growing up in the United States after my parents immigrated here from Colombia, hasn’t been easy. They’ve been questioned for drug...
Family Trying to Erase my Identity
Yaz, Chicago, IL Growing up, my parents separated and with that came two different homes. In one home I was “too” Puerto Rican and the...
“You don’t look Iranian!” “I am.”
Rom Barkhordar, Chicago, IL This was a brief exchange with someone I just met who, to his defense, had a few beers and was feeling...
White husband became Iranian September eleventh.
Maren Robinson Chicago, IL I watched how my American-born half-Iranian husband went from being perceived as white (Iranians are Caucasian) to being perceived as vaguely...
Lifetime in slipstream of white flight
Richard Bacon Chicago, IL Mid 1970s living in perfectly nice middle class neighborhood in NE Dallas Texas. The desecration, by busing, of the neighborhood school...
Multi-Racial means having a fluid Identity
Jesse Ponnambalam, Bolingbrook, IL. When I see most of the people I know; they all somewhat fit into a specific group. Some may identify as...
Don’t be colorblind, be color appreciative.
Anonymous, Chicago, IL p>It’s just something I hear a lot people saying “I’m colorblind” and “I don’t see color” but no one is colorblind. Everyone...
What nationality are you anyway?
Kristina, Zion, IL. I’m multiracial, which caused an identity crisis in my teens. I was never enough of one race or the other to really...
Appearing strong. Mending daily. Race matters.
Anthony Charles Bradburn, Crystal Lake, IL. As a Dominican, it’s easy to get lost in nationality. The truth is I have a rich, beautiful Black...
“An Intelligent, Independent African American Women!”
Malikah Black, Urbana, IL. Based on stereotypes and neither are my sisters. The media instantly judge African American Women on their many failures, but what...
