So I Am an ALIEN, Apparently
Repeka Touli, Murray, UT. “Alien” is the one word I grew up hating because when I was old enough to carry an Identification card (for...
Simple Shorthand for Dismissing an “Other”
Vince Darcangelo, Flort Collins, CO. “Sadly, I believe that underlying the race issue is a deeper human need (perhaps fear- or anxiety-driven) to label and...
Blacks Are Their Own Worst Enemies!
Anonymous, ND. I grew up in a small mountain town in Northwest Georgia after my mother ended her military career and took me back to...
I am human, stop labeling me.
Amarah Reed, Bowling Green, KY. I hate the term when someone uses me as mixed, or they say I act a certain race. I am...
don’t TELL ME what I am
Rico Rodriguez, Hillsborough, CA. I’ve been told, by a lot of people who have never met me, that my racial background is not what I...
She gets to choose her identity
Felix Brooks Jr., Kalamazoo, MI As the father of a biracial child I told my daughter not to let anyone place a label on you....
Humanity should be more relevant than race
Matt Henegar, Jonesboro, AR. I think the we should quit focusing on minor labels, like black, hispanic, asian, and all of the other skin tone...
Lines exist only when we differentiate.
R. Lutz, MI. We will reach the point of true equality in this country when, rather than saying “I’m black” and “I’m white”, we recognize...
Black and so proud of it
Cherrice Robinson, FL. I am a black girl. That is my race, not a description of who I am as a person and it’s definitely...
I’ll Call Myself Whatever I Want
Samantha Lauren New York, NY Hate when people have the audacity to say to ANYONE that they ought to “just call themselves American” instead of...
Why cant I enjoy my heritage?
Jennifer Kerkow Chaska, MN I’m mostly Scottish and German but Im around 1/4 Indian. I feel like I cant fully embrace it and claim it...
