Colored People Become Indomitable When Unified
Eric Roberto Garcia, Rockville, MD I am a member of Montgomery College ACES Ambassador Leadership Program. Each of our 24 members decided it was important...
Race does not define you character.
Ethan Boroskin, Rockville, MD I am a member of Montgomery College’s “ACES Ambassador Leadership Program” AALP. Each of our 24 members decided it was important...
Si Senor! I am US citizen
Heidy Avila Murillo, Baltimore, MD. My marriage is biracial, I am Hispanic and my husband is a Caucasian born in Maryland. This year after obtaining...
See my color. I see yours.
Florencetine Bourne Jasmin, Gwynn Oak, MD. My response to those who say, “I don’t see color.” But I need you to see my color. It...
Ambiguous ethnic origin depending on place
Melissa Bowie, MD It wasn’t until I moved to the DMV (the Washington DC metro area, for the uninitiated), that I began to chafe under...
Black women not angry just tired
Stephanie Lawrence, Baltimore, MD Outside and inside of the black community black women are often looked down upon. We always work harder than anyone else,...
My Ancestors Bones Not For Museum
Sonya Williams, Baltimore, MD. I grew up in a unique area of North Carolina in what is referred to as a ti-racial community. My Indian...
Our marriage, leap of faith, worked.
John Collinge, Bethesda, MD Zandra and I met in June 1978 as new Foreign Service Officers. Neither of us had dated interracially, we had to...
Loud family passionate about Family & Food
Ryan Sumner, College Park, MD. Italians are often seen as stereotypically loud and have a passion for food. My family falls into these stereotypes
I wish he was a girl.
Kristen Moorhead, Silver Spring, MD. I’ve always told my son, “You can be anything you want to be.” Before Shani Davis’ won gold, POTUS was...
Gifted Black Girl’s Road Less Traveled
Giji Mischel Dennard, Burtonsville, MD While my cross-culture world view likely has been shaped by my early exposure to people with ethnicities different from my...
A melting pot or mixing bowl?
Campbell Peters, Catonsville, MD “The U.S. is a melting pot.” All cultures, religions, ethnicities, and races combined to form our country. But are we really...
Acceptable, only after identified as Hawaiian
Nedra De Lima, White Plains, MD. Experienced “minority status” when we moved stateside from Hawaii in the 70s. I was most often identified as Hispanic/Mexican....
Prejudice is perpetuated by our silence
Joe Niehaus, College Park, MD. Like most conflictsusceptible, resolution begins with simple communication. Both sides of the racial divide are often too willing to disregard...
