I’m white. Don’t assume I’m racist.
Beth Secor Houston, TX This situation I am going to describe happens to me relatively frequently. Another white person, more often than not a stranger...
You’re not supposed to marry them!
Barb Cohan-Saavedra Philadelphia, PA I am of eastern European ancestry. My husband is Mexican. We live in a large city where racism is a bit...
You don’t sound like a Mexican
Mary Josephine Huntsman Glendale, CA I have always worked in an office and have had to answer phone calls, so when people come to our...
Father’s vocabulary: N*****, junglebunny, Polack, Ch*nk
I am a white woman married to a Mexican American.
Does my white mom hate me?
Michelle Martinez Tempe, AZ As a mixed child of divorced parents, a White mom and Mexican dad, I overheard a lot of racist talk in...
But, Sir, I’m the victim here.
Roberta Leichnitz Montevallo, AL The events in Florida have brought back so many memories of the things that would happen to my son and his...
Only proudly Mexican for scholarship purposes
Clarissa Galindo Richardson, TX Growing up in small town Texas, most people expected me to act a certain way just because of my heritage. I...
You don’t look like a Mexican.
Edmundo de la Garza Seattle, WA I was born in Chicago to fair skinned parents, one with green eyes and the other with hazel eyes....
Mexican, people assume I speak Spanish
Anonymous Sacramento, CA I am mixed Filipina and Mexican. Parents divorced when I was young, both my parents remarried to racist people who felt the...
Blacks and whites are not opposite
Linda Starry Houston, TX I have been a teacher since 1974. My first year teaching was the first year of forced busing in Houston. My...
Are you half? No, I’m whole.
S. Belinda Rubio Lexington, KY I was at a gas station when the guy working the cash register asked me if I was half? His...
What do you expect, she’s Mexican.
Mrs. Lopez Phoenix, AZ As an adult, I reflect on things my mother has taught me. There’s a handful of “advice” that sticks out in...
I’m not Hispanic, thanks for asking.
Elizabeth Norris Taylor Fernandina Beach, FL I have lived my entire life with people coming up to me and asking, “what are you?” For a...
White, but mom is Brown, relief.
Carmen Bunkers Velazquez Pomona, CA I have always loved being with my mom’s side of the family, the Velazquez family. I think they have always...
What are you? White, Indian or Mexican?
Ronald Hill Grove Hill, PA My biological father was Mexican and split before I was born. The man I call my dad is white. My...
But your last name is Decker?
Michael Decker Austin, TX In Texas, the dominant ethnicities are German and Mexican. Over the past two hundred years, these two have mixed greatly —...
But your kids don’t look Mexican
Patricia Johnston Walpole, MA On behalf of my children, who are indeed Mexican.
