Why does my name perplex you?
Rohini Harvey, Amherst, MA I get so many questions about my last name- wondering how someone who looks like me came to have the last...
How ’bout we all dig deeper?
Jenna Barrows, North Reading, MA My name is Jenna Barrows. I grew up in the Boston Area of Massachusetts with all white ancestors. I believe...
I eat frogs but ain’t one.
Christophe Teulet-Cote, Boston, MA Emigrated to the US from France. Proud Franco-American!!!
One-drop rule, my a**
Nobody’s daughter, Boston, MA. It’s simple, really: Anything over 50% is a majority. Therefore, being 25% black (one black grandparent) does not equal “being black”....
There’s more than what you see
Josephine Kim, Cambridge, MA. When it comes to race, we need our eyes to hear and our ears to see.
Ignored black man, looking for boss.
John May Franklin, MA I was a salesman of warehouse equipment . On an ordinary sales call, I would drive to a warehouse and try...
Colombian? Where is your accent?
Yessica Guarin Arias, Boston, MA. Yes, I don’t have the same accent as the actors and actresses on TV. The reason to why is because...
My ancestors massacred Indians near here
Bruce Hawkins, Northampton, MA. That doesn’t make me guilty, it makes me responsible. Prison is the new slavery, and the Drug War is modern slave-catching.
We’re a’ Jock Tamson’s Bairns
Susanna Gourlay Wilbraham, MA This is a saying my dad taught me. I moved to the USA from Scotland and it was a phrase he...
I can do it, should I?
Katie E, Boston, MA A friend of mine from another state graduated her class’ valedictorian. She received a full-ride scholarship to college and ultimately, she...
