Indian with a feather, not a DOT
Courtney Randolph Norfolk, VA I’m actually Native American. I hate this phrase. So generalizing.
White doesn’t define me, I’m American
RaSean Tisinger, Waleska, GA It always bothers me that we refer to ourselves as African American, Jewish American, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, European, ect. We are...
Forever an immigrant in my country
(Ms.) Kamakshi P. Murti Fairfax, VA I have been a citizen of the US for several decades, yet whenever I am in a public space,...
Asian me: hated by Blacks. WHY?
Neil A. Sookdeo Baltimore, MD With six degrees, four from grad schools in the USA, I cannot compete fairly to teach African or Caribbean history...
Dark skinned people don’t float well.
Ngina wa Kaai Canada While this wasn’t said to me directly, it was said by a white coworker to a child of Indian heritage while...
What are you? White, Indian or Mexican?
Ronald Hill Grove Hill, PA My biological father was Mexican and split before I was born. The man I call my dad is white. My...
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...
But where are you actually from?
Joel Rodrigues United Kingdom I am ethnically Indian (from Goa), a Portuguese citizen, was born and grew up in Kuwait & Goa, and have a...
Where in this world is Trindia?
Anisha Nandi Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan “I’m half Trinidadian, half Indian; I was born in England but I grew up...
Indian? At least he isn’t black!
Sherrill Dawn Koopot Phoenix, AZ …Worried how your baby will look? 41 years ago I married an East Indian Doctor; He was handsome, smart, kind...
Search out similarities instead of differences
Patrick S. Perkins ID Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation This is an interesting program and it made me recall an experience with my...
