The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Warren Ombayo,
Lubbock, TX
I’m a College freshman at Texas Tech. My whole life there has always been one teacher or person of public authority that misjudges me and assumes I can’t make it because of how I look. But I’m here to prove them wrong.
Holland Eric Gray,
Lubbock, TX
Sometimes I just wonder if my older family members had any regrets before they died.
Kat Schmoker,
Lubbock, TX
I was adopted when I was 18 months and was never given the chance to get to know my identity with where I’m from.
Anonymous,
Lubbock,TX
Growing up with a full-blooded Hispanic heritage it was difficult to understand why people thought I wasn’t who I know I am.
Mya Garcia,
Lubbock, TX
When I am asked if I am Mexican, I truly don’t know how to answer. No, none of my family is from Mexico, my great grandparents lived on Native American reservations. Yes, my family knows Spanish, but I was never taught. No, I have never been to Mexico, nor has any of my family. Yes, I have a very common Mexican last name, but to be honest I have no idea where it came from. When I am asked if I am Mexican, I truly don’t know how to answer because I am scared of where the question is rooted. Will my answer change the way you view me as a human being?
Julie Newell,
Lubbock, TX.
Amanda Cook
Lubbock, TX
I’m an international business student at Texas Tech University, living in the second most conservative city in the United States. My views on non traditional gender roles and preferred marital status are ridiculed daily. Clearly I don’t have “southern” values. Texas Tech Student. 2013 OTC Symposium.
Austin Wagner,
Lubbock, TX
Love should come before anything. Nobody deserves to be treated any less and feel that they aren’t good enough or different for something they have no control over and has no actual impact on the quality of the person.
Creytisha Gray,
Lubbock, TX
After centuries my ancestors being stripped from my Homeland, I have no idea where I, nor my ancestors are from. The only clues I get are through DNA ancestry (which does not tell me where exactly my ancestors settled). No traditions, values, religion, or even language is known to me about my people.
Eric Flores,
Lubbock, TX.
I am a Mexican-American or simply put American. I was born and raised in a conservative town. I was too Mexican for the Whites and too White for the Mexicans. I was stuck in the middle. I always wanted to be white but now I am glad that I am Mexican. At least I don’t have to pay for tanning.
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