Mainly white neighborhood, racism is normalized
Eden Coy, Bondurant, IA I am from an area with high white demographics. In my high school, there is a small percentage of people of...
I get sunburned in ten minutes.
Christine Leach, San Francisco, CA. If the sun is intense enough, I can and have gotten sunburned in ten minutes, literally. I joke with my...
The “Non-Aztec” Looking Mexican
Claire Rainey, Los Alamitos, CA. I have a friend from Spain who I adore. He is gay, I am a Christian. One day we were...
White Jewish girl in a bubble
Emily Einhorn, Beachwood, OH. Whenever there is talk about racism, a part of me feels guilty. I have lived in a small suburb my entire...
Racism is not a harmless joke
Sofia Cuenca Rojas, Acworth, GA I am Hispanic and due in great part to my parents, who I am thankful for, I have been protected...
Why am I always Monopoly Banker?
Sasha Feoktistov, Eugene, OR Jews as a minority group are put in a particularly awkward place. Because we enjoy most if not all of the...
Don’t tell that joke ever again!
Simone Robinson, Henrico, VA. Submitted via Twitter: @PttSophisticate
We joke, but it’s not funny.
Pauline Devlin Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan This is in reference to my friends and I. I do not believe any...
Making fun of Asians is not fun
Seungmin Shin, Korea, Republic of. I’ve been watching standing comedies these days, but I stopped watching it recently. I found a serious irony from those...
I am the token black girl
Chinna Ford, Vallejo, CA. It’s hard work being the token. You must learn to lighten the mood with an acceptable race joke every so often....
Twitter trends hashtag white girl problems
Kaitlyn Gravatt, West Long Branch, NJ. Monmouth University Whenever I click on Twitter I see #whitegirlproblems. How is Starbucks running out of my favorite drink...
Complicated, a foot in two worlds.
Javiera, San Diego, CA. My husband often jokes that I’m not “brown” because my light skin makes me look like an average white person. But...
I thought I was being funny
Kathy, Philadelphia, PA. I saw a student I work with wearing a baseball cap and a hoodie tied tightly around her face and I said...
My friend says I’m messed up
Hemma Jari, UK. There are less mixed race kids in the UK than in America. Although I live in Manchester, which is (outside of London)...
Wow, so you speak African right?
Yasmin Igal, Seattle, WA. Africa is a huge continent made of 1000s of languages and assuming I speak African because I’m Somali doesn’t makes no...
“Look immigration you better start running”
Maria M., Phoenix, Arizona. At first this didn’t bother me as much but, this began to get really annoying and people started saying this with...
