“Am I white?” –My Latina daughter
Anne Hickling Phoenix, AZ I don’t know how to answer this when she asks. The answer is both “Yes” and “No.” Her Cuban grandparents self-identify...
Latinas with fros are sexy too!
Jeanette Ruiz, Atlanta, GA. Growing up I learned to hate my afro hair. I was the only one in my family with course African hair...
Which category do I belong to?
Patrilie Hernandez, Washington, DC. When you look at me, what race do you see? Do you see my dark skinned grandparents, whose African relatives escaped...
My daughter doesn’t look me…
Carmen Tang, San Jose, CA …but she still my daughter. My daughter looks more like her dad which is Asian America. Something people ask me...
I am Latina and I want to prosper.
Angela Cendejas, CA. Too many people suggest that its best that I stay at the junior college in my small town, but I want to...
Empowered Latina recovering from self hate
Natalia Lopez, Los Angeles, CA. Growing up in East LA and being told I was one of the “good children”, I played into the identity...
Life in the borderlands is painful.
Kaller, Portland, OR. Native American grandfather, Quaker grandmother, their child was my mother. Black stepfather, biracial brother, adopted Latina child, all Chinese grade school, segregation,...
Leadership culture determined uplifting educated community
Jennifer Leyla Rincones, Detroit, MI. A Latina with a vision to help advocate for all brown and black youth who endure the injustices of the...
Oh, you’re white, right? No, actually.
Hilary Forrest, Pasadena, CA. Every single time a person meets me, they’ll assume my race is “white.” That’s where you’re wrong. My nationality is American;...
We’re Created Equal; Act like it.
Wherever I may go, my sister and I are always questioned about our ethnicity, we apparently look Native or Brazilian or Indian. I don’t know...
Can you translate? It’s not that easy!
Alejandra Garcia, Nuevo, CA. I am a 23 year old Latina who works at a public high school. People see me and they assume I’m...
I don’t know what to answer?
Carolina, San Jose, CA. My mother was born in Morelos, Mexico and my Father was born in Lima, Peru. I was born in San Jose,...
I’m a strong, educated, ambitious latina.
Sandra Hidalgo, Elizabeth, NJ. Family is my priority, my faith is my fuel, and I do whatever it takes to break stereotypes.
I’m not getting pregnant at 15.
Karen Olivares Denver, CO The stereotype of Latina girls getting pregnant at 15 is still going on and I don’t plan on getting pregnant that...
