“Immigrant” comes in all races/colors.
Jackie Spencer, New York, NY. The generalization we attach to people based on race is appalling. As an example when you speak of “immigrants” you...
Immigrant to America equals sacrificing generations.
Tom Lau, Chicago, IL. This is a Polaroid of the back of my mom and dad that I took few years ago.
Not Brown Enough to Be Indian
Pallavi Joy, Philadelphia, PA Growing up in a 97% white school system, and being raised by one Indian immigrant parent and one Indian American parent...
Nobody talks about my ancestors struggle.
Anonymous, USA I’m the great-grandson of Irish immigrants who came to this country to escape famine, persecution, and poverty. However, nobody seems to talk or...
Working Harder for the Same Opportunities
Wai Phyo Paing, San Jose, CA I am an immigrant from Myanmar who has lived in the US for two years. To obtain the same...
More colors more stories more gratitude
Penny Shaff Altman, Portland, ME. My father told me stories drawn from his childhood in the Ukraine. My mother told me stories about her life...
No one wants to hear your heritage
Macy Willett, Knoxville, TN Yes, I do have a heritage. Yes, I am also white. While I celebrate the unique backgrounds of my friends and...
No, but where are FROM from?
Tina, Birmingham. AL. Nevermind the fact that I speak with a southern accent, that my attire is noticeably of American influence, or that my last...
Shouldn’t matter so much in America.
Brandi Jones, Wayne State, Detroit, MI Growing up as an African American in America is exhausting. We are supposed to be the land of the...
I am proud. I am sorry.
Rebeka, Brooklyn, NY Like the majority of immigrants who have come to America, my ancestors came to this land seeking political, religious and economic freedoms...
White immigrant = not an immigrant.
Linda M Larsen, Hudson, WI. Hungarian+British +Canadian = American. I’m an immigrant, a ‘legal alien’ from Canada, with Hungarian and British parents, living in the...
Took 21 Years To Be Latina
Yasmin Agudelo, The Colony, TX. I love this project. I’ve seen so many thoughts and statements that reflected my own experiences growing up as a...
I was always already right here
Marta Elena Muñoz, Austin, Tejas (TX) Go back to where you came from. Imagine telling an American citizen of Mexican heritage (indigenous and Spanish mix)...
America provides opportunity for English accent
Andrew, Irvine, CA. Love America and as an immigrant British CEO recognize the opportunity afforded by this forward thinking multi cultural environment that is SoCal
Child Immigrant, Grown Defender of America
Ronnie Annapolis, MD The image of a child immigrant, who grew up to serve in the U.S. military is a bit cliche these days, especially...
