He needed help. I gave it.
G. Wilkins, Lakewood, CO At 5’2” I was a petite young White female who adored road trips, had driven mostly alone through all of the...
Yes, I swear, I am Vietnamese.
Mariana Arneaud, Lakewood, CA. Why do I need to “prove” it? Since I don’t LOOK Vietnamese, I shouldn’t say that I am?
You might hurt the man’s feelings
Paul J. Mercer, Lakewood, NJ These words were from my father in the very early 50s. My Dad and I were watching the world go...
She wishes for American eyes.
Rose McKenney Lakewood, WA I’m glad we’re finally acknowledging the number of multi-ethnic people in the US. Sadly people my age (50s) have been asked...
If we ignore it, it’ll leave.
Nick Lakewood, CO Personally, my experience with racism hasn’t been very bad, Growing up in this time period, my generation has come to accept the...
Dirty dago: my mother at 6.
Keira Dodd Lakewood, OH My Italian grandmother came here in 1956 on the Andrea Doria, and my mother only knew one sentence of English (“I...
I’m SORRY! I don’t speak MEXiCAN!!!
Erick Ruiz Lakewood, CA People sometimes, I guess mix Spanish with the term Mexican being a language. Besides I’m not Mexican, I’m Guatemalan, so I...
I, society’s menace? Or vice versa?
Gabriel Gonzalez Lakewood, CA After a constant label of being the root of the problem, I come to find: it is whom who labels is...
Idiot’s victim happened to be black
Janice Seitz Lakewood, NY Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation This was an idiot with an itchy finger. Does the race card always have...
