No I am still from India
Amal Nazeem, Shrewsbury, MA. My parents are Muslims from Southern India. Growing up, I had many friends from all over India. They were mostly Hindu...
We’re Created Equal; Act like it.
Wherever I may go, my sister and I are always questioned about our ethnicity, we apparently look Native or Brazilian or Indian. I don’t know...
No job because his name was Mohammed.
Vicki Parrish, San Jose, CA. My engineering graduate student from India had the family name, Mohammed. He is in the top of his software engineering...
“Are you Irish?” I don’t know.
Andee Bateman, Noblesville, IN. As an adoptee with flaming red hair, I was asked this question frequently. I found out at 47 that I am...
Race is irrelevant: I’m just HUMAN
Rabab Ahmed, Stamford, CT. “Where are you from?” is a question I used to proudly answer to when I was younger. Although I always had...
Racism : Old is not so Gold
Anurag Roongta, India. In India, though a developing country, there are still communities that don’t allow marrying outside one’s race, including my own. And those...
Mommy, is my sister from India?
Tata Traore-Rogers Brooklyn, NY My 4 year old asked me this about her 7 year sister ” she actually said ” Mommy, is Saffronia Indian?”...
But you speak in perfect English.
Krisha Jain Los Angeles, CA I’m an international student from India, and when I tell people that, I always get the same response.
I’m Indian-American, I’m from America
Abhishek Mehta Seattle, WA Why is it always assumed that non-whites or non-blacks are from another country first? I’m always asked where in India I’m...
Yes, I am her biological mother.
Mira Tanna Orlando, FL My father is from India, my mother from the Netherlands, and I am married to a man from Nigeria. I look...
Your English is really quite good.
Raka Nandi Memphis, TN I have been “complimented” with this type of statement many a time in my life in America. I often wonder about...
You mean to say Native American
Swapnil Deopurkar Seattle, WA I moved from India to Ann Arbor, Michigan; age 26, male, long hair, parted down the middle and with a pony...
Oh, you’re white.
Aneshia Savino NM My mum named me after a black actress she admired, and every time someone who has not met me previously, reads my...
