I consider myself a white individual
Hannah Johnson,
Marina, CA
…and even though I am a quarter Vietnamese, I don’t feel comfortable calling myself anything other than white but also part Vietnamese because I only have European features.
I don’t know where I fit
Nina,
Marina, CA
I’m light skinned, half white, but I don’t feel white. My other half is Hispanic. I ever know what race to put down, so I always pick “other.”
The Oneness of Humanity is transformational.
Charles Fuller,
Marina, CA
I believe that “The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.” There is nothing more essential to human progress than embracing and celebrating humanity’s diversity. “Hidden Thoughts on Race in Six Words” in National Geographic emotionally moving.
Nothing in common. Everything in common.
Alana Peck
Marina, CA
People who don’t know me well tell me I look nothing like my sister. If race wasn’t such an overpowering factor, I’m not sure I would hear that as often.
It’s hard to have everything and nothing in common with a person I’ve known for almost my entire life.
Where is the checkbox for “human”?
Ashlee Barnes
Marina, CA
Applications always ask for you ethnicity, but why does it matter ?
