I Really Love Who You Are
Alexandra Zaver, Des Moines, IA I chose this particular sentence because while I understand that race and ethnicity are sensitive and intense topics, I want...
Still learning, messing up, and loving
Zara, Minneapolis, MN My husband is Latinx, I am white. We come from different worlds but have built a life together. We both see how...
Love doesn’t have a certain color
Maura Chalupa, Muscatine, IA I have never once looked at someone and said I can not love them or look at the differently because of...
He didn’t come to our wedding.
Timothy Houston, Kansas City, MO I will let the words speak for themselves.
Love, Hate, and everything in between
Keira Fox, Ankeny, IA Its easier to hate those who are different from yourself rather than embrace what makes them who they are. Instead people...
Peace And Love Above All Else
Michael Serrao, NY If we are all just a little nicer to each other, the world will be a better place!
Sweet, intelligent, handsome, loved black man
Kenyatta Yamel Milwaukee, WI Heard about this through twitter so I thought I would have my say.
Diversity is central to my identity
Sabiha Viswanathan, Menlo Park, CA. Race is beauty. I could not imagine my life without diversity. Learning about different cultures has fostered my love of...
I grieve for my lost identity.
Janel Ruehl, Bend, OR I’m a white American, but that doesn’t mean much to me. It doesn’t feel like a fully fleshed-out identity I can...
Mom taught me to love everyone
Robert McAlister, Lexington, SC. Grew up in segregated south in a single parent home. Always felt on the margins but later in life realized my...
Racism is part of our DNA
Russ Becker, Durango, CO My cousin, who grew up on a farm in central Indiana, was a farmer and an exceptionally nice guy. In his...
We’re all the same, but different.
Cynthia Parra, Beaumont, TX. Through my profession, I have been given the opportunity to work with university students from marginalized groups and I have become...
