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I’m An Individual NOT A Color!

Nadra Enzi, New Orleans, LA. Anyone with eyes can see that I’m a dark Black man. That and a couple dollars might buy you a...

Half In, Half Out, Not Mixed

4 years ago

Anonymous, LA I was raised in an odd grey area between Cajun and Southern White, without really fitting into either group. The first thing people...

Don’t ask me why I’m single

5 years ago5 years ago

Christian Hunter, Shreveport, LA. A lot of guys at school try to ask me out and they don’t understand why I say no. Is it...

We are all in this together.

6 years ago6 years ago

Vincent Miholic, Wayne State, Detroit I’m 62, 2nd generation (Slovenian/Croatian), and having watched acquaintances, also either emigrants or recent descendants, adopt what seems to me...

All the Mexicans here are Black.

6 years ago6 years ago

Jessica Laursen San Diego, CA to New Orleans, LA When moving from San Diego to New Orleans as a teenager I realized the jobs held...

We have to get it together.

6 years ago6 years ago

NIK BANNISTER Houston, TX Louisiana epitomizes how race and education interfere with opportunity, cultural identity and upward mobility.

Five Feet of HAPPINESS right here.

6 years ago6 years ago

Ra’Niqua Ball, Shreveport, LA. I am constantly being asked why I am so short. I can’t help that I’m the short one. All through middle...

Saudi born, ethnically Indian, I’m American.

7 years ago7 years ago

Akul Nishawala New Orleans, LA This is usually the narrative of the story that answers the question, “Where are you from?” When I say I...

A journey through language and space.

7 years ago

Grace Morse, New Orleans, LA. Aspen X I chose those six words because reading and writing (within travel) are some of the most important aspects...

I’m more than just a color

7 years ago

Jasmyn Joseph, Lithonia, GA. I’m from Mobile, Al….. Bible Belt city, unfortunate my grandparents where witch doctors. My granny is half Black-American and Native Cherokee...