Have BOTH parents in my life.
Maliek Chambers, Long Island, NY People assume that you don’t have both parents in your life if you are black and especially not ones that...
My great-grandparents fled pogroms in Ukraine.
Britt Trachtenberg, Long Island, NY p>I think part of my story is about how I ended up being born with privilege in an affluent community...
My heart will forever be grateful
Randy-Michael, Long Island, NY. No matter the struggles I go through as a Puerto Rican adult in this world, I will forever be grateful of...
You’re Italian? Are you considered white?
Robert Amore, West Hollywood, CA. NYC Born, High School North Shore Long Island, University Evanston Ill., Manhattan Resident for 20 years. Moved to Los Angeles...
“Garcia”? Are you Mexican or Colombian?
Alexandra Garcia, Long Island, NY. My father emigrated from Spain in 1974, and we have been raised to be proud of our Spanish heritage and...
Equality is an evolving Concept.
Victor Goode Long Island, NY America’s first revolution was enshrining the value of liberty into our constitution. The Civil War Amendments, 13, 14 and 15...
YOU’RE RACIST, BUT WON’T ACCEPT IT.
Lauren L. Long Island, NY I notice that there are an overwhelming number of white people who refuse to accept that they have racial biases....
But you don’t look Puerto Rican…
Paul David Mena Wayland, MA As if a Puerto Rican can’t be fair-skinned, middle-class and college-educated! Granted, I was raised by parents who looked for...
Best friend seventh grade was black.
John Fisher-Smith Ashland, OR . I immigrated from UK in 1939 when I was 12 1/2 years old and entered 7th grade in Huntington Long...
