Why don’t I look like you?
Malie Carvalho Hilo, HI This is what my daughter says to me…she looks like her other parent, not all of our races are the same.
You’re Jewish? You don’t look Jewish.
Corey Schutzman Exeter, NH Here in southern New Hampshire I seem to be the anomaly as opposed to where I grew up in northern New...
Afraid children won’t look like me
Alexandria Jones Columbus, OH As a biracial woman (African American and Caucasian) who married a Caucasian man I’m afraid that our future children will not...
Don’t look. I looked. And smiled.
Emily Puckett Rodgers Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan I was asked if there was a story behind this. Of course there...
You don’t look like you’re Chinese.
Jess Washington DC My mom is Chinese. My dad is white. I am half-Chinese, but my appearance is ambiguous. I feel like I have to...
That’s funny, you don’t look Jewish.
Audrey Friedman Minneapolis, MN Said to me many times during my life. I never knew how to reply to that statement.
Really? But you don’t look Mexican…
Andrea Z Boston, MA We need to face what is uncomfortable and finally realize that we are all Human together. We cannot take the next...
Inside we all look the same.
Barry Schoenbart, MD Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation As a physician, the first thought that came to mind was, “Inside we all look...
