Helped Mom study for her citizenship test
Peg Anderson, Westborough, MA. Mom came here after WWll from Newfoundland, Canada. When I was in the fifth grade she became a citizen. I used...
Unnecessary labels beget Unnecessary divide, turmoil
Jason Crocker, Marlborough, MA I used these six words in order to encapsulate and display what race means to me. I used anaphora to further...
Im from BRASIL not from BRAZIL
Gabi, Marlborough, MA Brazil with a Z differentiates from Brazil with an s, from a Brazilian perspective. Brasil is the name in Portuguese, the language...
White skin, still counting every dollar.
Vivian Repassy, Westborough, MA There is always a common assumption that being white automatically means you are financially stable and wealthy. While being white comes...
Known as dark, smelly, smart – Indian
Risha Patel, Marlborough, MA To me these words mean what I think others think when they first see an Indian. Our oiled hair and spiced...
You do not look Puerto Rican.
Beatriz McConnie Zapater, Jamaica Plain, MA. I am Puerto Rican with white, indigenous, Spanish, and African ancestry. When I hear that I do not look...
People of color need more representation.
Timothy Smilgis, North Billerica, MA I chose these words because I feel as though people of various races are poorly represented in our government and...
Everything doesn’t need to benefit me
Cutler Knoepfel, Marblehead, MA I chose these six words in particularly because I feel recently in this political climate that a lot of people have...
Blood and Tears But Footprints Remain
Justin John Banks, Boston, MA. My ancestors were both Native and African American. The U.S. was molded by the labor of both of these brave...
