Mommy, why wasn’t I born white?
Victoria Finney Cambridge, MA I still remember how upset she was when I asked her this. Like I had said something wrong that I shouldn’t...
Learning and living are not schooling.
Laura Reeder, Boston, MA. I teach teachers. I am a teacher. I am exhausted by the confusion that we perpetuate about who deserves to learn...
Traveling makes you appriciate other cultures
Julia Russell, Merrimac, MA My six words are about traveling because I believe that many people do not understand other cultures until they see them....
Don’t let anyone ‘should’ on you.
Marisa Labadini, Merrimac, MA Growing up, everyone tells you who you are supposed to be and what you’re supposed to do. This is just not...
1968. Black freshman roommate. Different planets.
Anne Lincoln, MA I was asked by Admissions if I would agree to having a black roommate. I said yes, but when she learned of...
I like kimchi more than potatoes.
Sarah Diggins, Berlin, MA. I’m almost entirely Irish by heritage (my dad’s side is 100%), but I never really clicked with the culture. I grew...
All races equal but completely different
Clementine Pring, The University of New Hampshire, Falmouth, MA I grew up around a lot of first-generation immigrants who came to America to escape violence...
My children jumpstarted my racial identity.
Johnny, Concord, MA. As a gay Asian man married to a white man with two adopted children of color (one black, one Latino), I came...
Multi-racial man without a country to call home.
Juan Carlos Greater Boston, MA If you look at me… I look Latino. Not tall, dark features – hair, eyes, skin, wide nose, full lips....
Stanford’s not for people like you.
Jacquie Arnold, Hopkinton, MA. I was an A student at Key West High School when I graduated from Key West High School in 1981. While...
White country, white privilege, yet minority
Emily Carter, Needham, MA. I am un-mistakenly white. I have blonde hair, blue eyes, grew up in a neighbourhood full of other white people, and...
