I’m white, my family is mixed.
Kristin Weaver Tlili, Bangor, ME My sons are a beautiful combination of Ohio and North Africa living in New England. I never wanted to have...
Stop seeing white; instead, see me.
Jill Goughnour Lynchburg, VA Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
German, Irish, Native American, Black babies
Ryan Barrows, Portland, ME. There is only one color and this “Love”
No blacks allowed in my hometown
Jack T Buss, Belfast, ME I grew up accepting the concept that black people could not live in my hometown. I realize now many of...
Sure, right, Jewish is a race
Anonymous, Portland, ME Although I’ve explained a thousand, people keep telling me that Jewish is a race not a religion. At this point, why both.
I’m here, you don’t see me
José Andrés, Submitted via Twitter: @chefjoseandres. Yes that is chef José Andrés…
More colors more stories more gratitude
Penny Shaff Altman, Portland, ME. My father told me stories drawn from his childhood in the Ukraine. My mother told me stories about her life...
Not Just Any Other White Girl
Francesca Magno Portland, ME I come from a very large Irish/Italian family. We have traditions and ideals representative of different cultures. Yet, when people identify...
I’m not white, I’m Franco-American.
Shannon Paiement Sanford, ME Many people are unaware less than 100 years ago, the KKK was marching through my hometown, discriminating against Franco-American mill workers....
White female, yes. “White girl”, no.
Ivy Portland, ME Yes I am a white female but I do not think I fit the stereotypes associated with the label “white girl”.
Gay and black is truly me.
Matthew English, Lakeland, FL. Michele was at my college today for convocation. Her words spoke the truth. I will always listen.
I am me, do not panic.
James Eliot Griffith Stillwater, OK It’s irritating how in this day and age if I just tell someone I’m Mexican (which is the side of...
Brother played Cowboy, never the Indian.
Bonni Hamilton, Eliot, ME. I grew up with two Native American siblings who my parents adopted when we were very small. When he was young,...
There is but ONE Race, HUMAN!
Jim Roaix, Lake Worth Beach, FL I was born in northern Maine, so far out in the woods that it took two days for tomorrow...
Yankee child crossed South’s colorline. Paid.
Rebekah Bickford, Baldwin, ME. My white family moved from Indiana to Mississippi in 1977, when I was 8 years old. Our family was seen as...
You see me as I’m NOT!
Sonya J Van Alstyne, Submitted via Twitter: @SonyaJordan #theracecardproject
Being black in a white town.
Noel Hudson, ME I go to college in a pretty white community. There are about 10-20 black people out of 600 students. I grew up...
