I’m Kenyan, black is too basic
Daniel Karanja, Marlborough, MA. My parents are immigrants from Kenya and I feel this better describes me than just “black”.
Let them stare, it doesn’t matter
Samantha Charter, Phillipston, MA. My six words may seem a little odd until you hear the story behind them. I am white and my boyfriend...
Made-up, fear, love, in, out, together
Dev Michel Luthra, Jamaica Plain, MA. I am the child of an Indian (Asian) father and a European mother, both of whom were raised in...
Not just a spoiled white girl
Cassidy-Rae Bastarache, Gardner, MA I’m white and some people assume that I am privileged and have money based on some of the expensive things that...
Even a poor conversation beats silence.
Nicholas Howe, Northhampton, MA. Smith College I attended a mixed-race suburban public high school in Connecticut, where I competed on both the swim team and...
Being judged bad for white skin
Terri, West Roxbury, MA Feels like a war happened, I woke up, and my country was taken over, and I have to behave by new...
No Color Leaves The World Plain.
LesleyAnn Moore, Boston, MA. Race is beautiful. Diversity fills the globe and allows freedom of expression through its inhabitants. We are born already filled with...
I believe in the melting pot.
Dustin F. Hecker, Needham, MA. Identity politics will be the death of the grand American National experiment. In my humble opinion, we need to stop...
Acceptance – that’s what it’s all about.
Beatrice Goodman, Becket, MA. !n 1960 my Godfather, the artist David Burliuk once told me that ” soon everybody will be shades of tan –...
I am White and Hispanic getoverit
Matt JP J, Tewksbury, MA. My grandmother’s father was from Puerto Rico and she never knew him very well. She grew up as Irish with...
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...
We must overcome deeply rooted racism.
Amanda Adams, MA. People don’t realize how deeply ingrained racism is in our country and in the whole world. We can’t ignore such a painful...
