I’m Jayla Seals; I’m not you.
Jayla S, New Orleans, LA When I was younger, my last name would get called for attendance, and when students heard it, they would make...
Passionate , ambitious, truthful , knowledgeable , helpful , kind
Brittany Knighten, New Orleans, LA
A Cajun Girl in her Kilt
Michelle Blanchard Ardillo, Rockville, MD. A Cajun girl in her kilt, that’s me. My dad was born and raised in southeast Louisiana, as was I,...
Tattoos and piercings don’t equal trashy.
Megan, Keithville, LA. People always call me and my family trashy because we have tattoos and I have piercings as well. People should be able...
“Talaga! I thought you were Pilipino!”
JSRL Padre, Glendale, CA. I am Filipino. Born in Quezon. Imported to East LA. Learned to walk and talk in Los Feliz. Never heard Tagalog...
Black Women Become Grandmothers Too Young
Anzita, New Orleans, LA At the time I was born my grandmother was 40 and already had a grandchild. I have two sons with a...
Is my skin too dark for you
Yeshonda Lee, New Orleans, LA My skin color is just as beautiful as any other shade of skin color.
DON’T ASK ME TO JUST FORGET
Thaddeus, Nashville, TN. I was raised poor in Louisiana where the generations of my family before me farmed and picked cotton, fished and lived off...
Why isn’t my Quincenera proof enough?
Emily Angelica Roldan, Saint Francisville, LA. My father is from Colombia and my mother is from Georgia. I have pale freckled skin, glasses, and I...
DON’T FORGET ABOUT OUR “AMERICAN” PAST
Jayla, New Orleans, LA My reasoning behind choosing those six words leads me to address Gov Ron DeSantis “STOP WOKE” law that undoubtedly will erase...
No, I do not talk ‘white’.
Teelah Mccoy, Slidell, LA I am currently in my Junior year at Southern University at New Orleans.
They didn’t know that we’re seeds
Joy Alsandders, New Orleans, LA These six words will always push me to keep going.
Jumped by blacks, but not fearful.
Charles William, Riverside, CA White Baby boomer who grew up in lower socio-economic minority neighborhoods east of Los Angeles, parents “quietly” racist but also very...
