We’ll call you “Susan White Girl”.
Susan Riker, Washginton, DC. Freshman year on the 4th floor of the International dorm at Mt Holyoke College.
Yes, Brown is beautiful and worthy
Gilberto Tapia Jr, Salinas, CA. I grew up within a mostly Hispanic/Latino community. I remember growing up, others would keep their distance because of my...
When people ask… What are you?
Naomi, Grand Rapids, MI. I am an American, of Mexican decent… No, I don’t speak Spanish, no I don’t know where my family is from...
At least I’m not a whiteboy
Julia Rivers, Milwaukie, OR. As a high school student dependent on scholarships in order to attend college and reach my goals of a much higher...
RESPECT! Skin colour labelling IS offensive
Liam, United Kingdom MOVING AWAY FROM THE WHITE SUPREMACIST’S RULEBOOK Referring to people by skin colour is based on white “supremacy” – which is an...
Just call me a human being
Rocio Tapia, Forest Park, GA. Being from Mexico, I do not have any sense of race. I know what I am and do not identify...
You don’t look or sound Cuban.
Sergio R Velazquez, Lowell, MA. The label Latino bothers me, same as Hispanic. Both have colonial roots and do not properly represent any specific group...
Being a Black Male in America
Joseph Brown, Lake Elsinore, CA. Being a black male in America is complex. Not only do we have to fight systemic racism, we also have...
“American” is the most accurate label
Anonymous, San Antonio, TX. Look, I’ll keep it real simple. My family is from Texas. Now we’ve had a French Texas, a Spanish Texas, a...
None of us can define equality
Kennedy, KS. I truly think each person’s definition of equality would vary from one another in any given circumstance depending on their bias. We all...
Am I Bad? Am I Good…?
Black people aren’t who you think they Are…If they were I would be kicked out of my school. Like Martin Luther King jr said: “I...
I’m a Human; Not a race
This memoir to me means that we shouldn’t be just a label, that we should be ourselves and not let anyone judge us. I’ve heard...
“You don’t know me, no judging”
As a kid, people call me brown sugar, or caramel, and think of me as a kid who crossed the border with her family illegally,...
Black Is Just An Insecure Label
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer To me race is just a made up way to put people in groups, based...
“What is your ethnicity?” I’m human.
Sabrina Perrin, Delaware, OH. As I started growing up, I started getting more and more questions about what ethnicity I was. Although these questions weren’t...
