Do you work in tech support?
Kishna Vaghasia, Grand Blanc, MI Both of my parents are Indian and basically so is my entire family. This made growing up in America decently...
Papers? Does your dad do construction?
Josue Roberto Rodriguez, Denver, CO. A question that most of the Hispanic youth gets. They are many stereotypical questions and jokes for Hispanics. These are...
Just another small-town white girl
Addie, Warrenton, VA I mean, those six words sum me up in a very basic way, but they are true. Growing up majority-white smallish town...
Why Do They Think We’re Racists
Josh Parker Grimm, Kansas City, KS I hate it when minorities, in general, think all whites are racists. I even have a black friend who...
We’re all different. Different is good.
Rob Hinton, Omaha, NE Many people in my family are/were incredibly and aggressively racist. Growing up I didn’t understand what the jokes meant or the...
Hair color does not equal incompetence.
Megan Schluentz, Muskegon, MI. Your dumb blonde jokes won’t stop me from becoming a doctor.
Race doesn’t define how you act
Ethan Flechner, Milwaukee, WI I’m a white man and I act very differently then most white people I see in stories and on the news....
I’m white; I fear the South.
Leighayn Green, Nutrioso, AZ. When I see the Confederate flag on something, I am wary and a little fearful of the person who put it...
Not White Nor Asian But Wasian
Bryce Barrett, Summerville, GA. I am Asian-American and that means Asian jokes. People call me Wasian when I say am part Asian, Thai in particular....
White skinned but not white brained
Karen Charlotte, Montpelier, VA. I’m a native Mid-Westerner who has lived in the South about 90% of my life. I try my best to learn...
I’m an expat, he’s an immigrant.
Anonymous, Omaha, NE. Born and raised in the midwest, I studied Spanish and went to live in Latin America. While there, I met my now...
Jokes Can Be Just As Harmful
Skyla Gochenour, 8th Grade Holland New Tech High School, Holland, MI. Every day there are supposed “jokes” batted back and forth between man every day....
White In Oklahoma….Unwanted Racist Thoughts
Taryn, Tulsa, OK. Being white in Oklahoma for the last 15 years is annoying sometimes. I grew up in a very tolerant family in CT...
Controlled by the chains of society.
Lila Jordan Denver, CO There are many demeaning stereotypes that our nation has adapted throughout history. For example, women are typically judged as weak, which...
I’m white and Jewish and proud
Aaron Reich Boca Raton, FL I am white and Jewish and I sometimes get insulted by others for being Jewish. The insults are mostly meant...
Tell Jew jokes while I pass
Rachel Kay Cleveland, OH Having been born in new york and raised in Chicago, I knew that antisemitism was real, but even if I ran...
