The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Kyrsten
USA
I chose these six words because I hail from several different European ancestries. I have German, Irish, French, and Danish in my blood. I often tire of people who ask where my family originates from because there is no simple answer. I am German. I am Irish. I am French. And I am Danish. I see parts of each culture in me and I am proud of each culture I am a part of.
Lily Nadal
Asheville, NC
I’m one quarter Irish, one quarter Greek, one quarter Puerto Rican, and one quarter Native American. And even though I have encountered many forms of racism from people, I keep my head up because I love who I am and I love the heritage I have. I know I’m beautiful and my unique, mixed blood makes me even more beautiful.
Kiburi Jamila Robinson
Seattle, WA
Already submitted another post card because just like I have two races and many ethnicitioes in my DNA , I have a variety of different sentiments about the topic of race.
Christina Vallem
Ann Arbor, MI
Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan
When the elementary school holds a Heritage Day my kids would ask me “What are we?” At first I would say we are “mutts.” Kids love dogs and understood the answer. My best answer evolved into “Northern European mix.” An improvement over rattling off 10 country names.
BKNYla
Submitted via Twitter: @bknyla
#TheRaceCardProject
Andrea Z
Boston, MA
We need to face what is uncomfortable and finally realize that we are all Human together. We cannot take the next step until we acknowledge “others” as “like us” and not like “them”.
I consider myself an earthling, a citizen of the world, a mutt and I am proud of it.
I am probably optimistic because even though I am Mexican, I haven’t faced racism directed at me. I don’t “look Mexican” according to many Americans. THAT is part of the problem. Thinking I should look or think or act a certain way because of where I come from or what I look like.
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