I carry my home inside me.
Steve Baker Minneapolis, MN Inspired by Hmong American writer Kao Kalia Yang.
The outside doesn’t tell a story
Aidan, Lake Forest, CA We look at people and decide so many things about them before even hearing their names. Listen to people’s stories and...
You are your own person inside
David Helfrich, Barnegat, NJ Your physical looks don’t define the person you are inside, but society doesn’t see it that way. Society sees your outside...
Everyone is the same on the inside
Alexis Lane, Durham, NH Although we may not all look the same, we are the same on the inside. We should celebrate our differences and...
My skin is not my culture.
Rachel Brinson, Centennial, CO. People always want to put me in a box and assume what I find offensive, what I find familiar, and how...
We, human beings, are like apples
Kayla G, Saint Louis, MO The majority of us, if not all, do not choose an apple by the color of its skin, but for...
I feel more hispanic than white
Andrew Ward, Chambesburg, PA. I am white by birth, but I feel like I am a completely different nationality/race on the inside. Like I was...
See me for who I am
Jonah Gerry, Haslett, MI. My name is Jonathan Gerry and I organized my Black Student Union at my high school. This quote was inspired because...
Different on outside, like on inside
Leah Alexander, Cleveland, GA I believe we were all made by a Creator that loves each and everyone of us very much, but He loved...
Outside I’m Black, inside I’m multitudes
Julie Bayley, Bronx, NY p>I am so tired of being “classified“. As with most people of darker hue on this side of the diaspora, I...
“Beauty Inside Shines through the Outside”
Matthew Powers, Riverside, CA. “Growing up Irish and being raised by a single mom in the 50’s and 60’s in Omaha I saw racial tension...
I am everything, we all are.
Danielle Garcia, San Jose, CA. Race is a concept, we’re all the same inside.
I’m in the inside not ouside
Johnny B., USA. Growing up in thee northeast US, in a multi-racial mixed racial attitude combined with military and college education has afforded me a...
Race is not the issue, people.
Yvette Davis, Wayne State, Detroit, MI I believe race is not the issue. I believe the issue is the person true feelings inside. People are...
Not just a little white girl
Nicolette Vogelman, West Chester, PA Most people see me as a quiet, little blonde girl. Honestly, I’ve heard people refer to me as a little...
All yellow isn’t the same yellow
Sam Kim, South Korea. It’s because outside of Korea, people would see us as Chinese although we could be Korean or Japanese.
