Wish I knew more black people!
Kate Daniel, Benson, AZ We moved to this small, very white, town because of my late husband’s job. I grew up near Chicago; during college...
I don’t care about blacks anymore.
Paul Rojas, Tulsa, OK. I’m going to come out and say it…the same thing thousands, probably millions of people in this country are feeling, at...
I think I am becoming racist
A., USA. I work in an area with a lot of Hispanic or Latino immigrants from different places. I have not had many good experiences...
I help; I’m not THE help.
Eric N Peguero, New York, NY We, Latinos, may raise your children, do your laundry and clean your floors, but we are not THE HELP....
Well…there’s so many minorities now…
Tony Reyes, Portland, OR. I’m half Latino. My mother is a white, evangelical, conservative. I came home the night Obama was re-elected and asked if...
Blessed to grow up in diversity
Rob Daniels, Bolingbrook, IL. I grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago at a time when our community worked extra hard to be racially...
My children jumpstarted my racial identity.
Johnny, Concord, MA. As a gay Asian man married to a white man with two adopted children of color (one black, one Latino), I came...
No way! You speak Spanish?!
Victoria Chapperon, Anaheim, CA. When people look at me they think I’m white. Once I start speaking perfect Spanish, they freak out and ask me...
My Industry can’t get Latino right.
Ricardo Chavira, San Antonio, TX. Actor who splits time between SA and LA. Alumnus of TV series Desperate Housewives. Id say I was shocked that...
White Pride doesn’t mean White Power.
Morgan Krost, Norco, CA. I think everyone should be proud of their race and be able to show support without it being deemed racist. The...
Half White, Half Hispanic, Full Human
John Michael Rendon Nicholson, San Antonio, TX. Growing up around Latinos and Caucasians, I was either “too White for Latinos” or “Too Latino for Whites”....
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...
Finally, a multi-racial option on applications.
James Duvall OUTSIDE USA For the longest time, I’ve always tried to put both my Latin side and my African American side towards the end...
To belong everywhere and nowhere simultaneously
Amanda Baran, Arlington, VA. “No, I’m not Mexican. Nope, not Latino. I’m an American who’s half Syrian and half Indian. Well actually, my father’s former...
Black youth obligated to be intimidating
Brent Hixson Des Moines, IA Why is our culture so tied up in image? For a young Black or Latino to walk into a store...
Spanish ain’t the same as Latino
Daniela Miami, FL And yes, it is possible for me not to like baseball and be Latina at the same time!
