Race: no reason to be afraid.
Sam Kadish, Newton, MA. Race is incredibly important to our history. It should be a sidebar in our future. America is the great melting pot;...
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...
So, did you all eat tacos?
Hilary Salazar, McAllen, TX. I attended a middle school with only seven Hispanics/Latinos. One day during 2nd period, the librarian called all seven of us...
How much do they pay you?
Rosa-Maria Lazarovits, Santa Barbara, CA. This happened when my girls were toddlers and we played at a park. A latino woman approached me and asked...
Acutely aware of my own whiteness
Grace Mayes, Bella Vista, AR. As a white female that grew up in a latino and black populated area with an English as a Second...
Fighting against being stereotyped.
Nichole Wesson, Long Beach, CA. I grew up what I believed to be middle-class in Dallas. I attended private, Catholic schools from kindergarten through 12-grade...
Are you some sort of Hispanic?
Anthony Caraballo, Philadelphia, PA. Technically, American who is ethnicity is Latino. My family is from Puerto Rico.
Yes, I was born in California
Robert De Dios, Sanger, CA. I am a high school student who use to get the ” oh you were born here in America?” Back...
Who doesn’t have a little identity crisis?
Ben, Madison, WI. Every time I think about race, especially when I’m asked to indicate it, I feel three things: anxiety, resentment and shame. Anxiety:...
Are both your parents from Cuba?
Barbara Rodriguez, Florence, SC. Yes, they both are Cuban. The look of shock never ceases to amaze me. Is it because I’m blonde and have...
Brown skin, speaks spanish, ethnically white
Marie Recine, Mountain View, CA. When I’m with Latinos, people think I’m Mexican. When I’m with whites, people think I’m white or mixed. When I’m...
White, Black, Latino, Asian, or Human?
Michael S., Elk Grove, CA. My mom divorced and remarried 3 times with 3 different men with totally different race and had a child from...
Hispanic or Latino? I feel American
Hector Vargas, Grand Rapids, MI. I grew up on the east coast. The high school I attended was primarily populated by minorities. My mother is...
Somewhere there is white like me
Francisco Jose’ Palomo Pratt, Oak Lawn, IL. I tried but failed to comment on a recacard. I’m a white Latino. I’m so white Mexicans won’t...
Breaking ground was my cross borne.
Alfredo Barrios Jr. Manhattan Beach, CA I was blessed with a lot of talent and drive, and have broken ground as a Latino in many...
Can’t You tell I am Different
Jose Cabrera San Francisco, CA Can you not tell that I am different? From looking at me you would not be able to tell that...
Not Latino enough, Not American enough
Maria Lopez, Baltimore, MD. I remember one time I was really sick and was rushed to the ER, while registering the nurse told me “you...
