Adopted but am I still Mexican
Kasey Nichols, Clemmons, NC. I’ve known I’ve been adopted since I can remember and never questioned my ethnicity until I reached middle school age because...
In Louisiana: That’s mighty white of you
Brynda Jean Smith, Chapel Hill, NC Everyone has talked about the casual racism of their childhood, but it took me a while to see how...
Trying to be. Often make mistakes.
Dan Tarara, Greensboro, NC I’m trying to be a better human. Some days go well. Other days not so much. It’s not as if I...
DNA testing everyone would reveal truth.
Marlys Ray, Durham, NC I will be attending a Dinner A’Dozen event this month at my church.
What do you think my ancestry is?
Daniel, Charlotte, NC. I do not want to say what country I am from, because I want you all to guesstimate my ancestry? Where would...
Failed to befriend first black student.
Lynn Scott Cochrane, Washington DC. I grew up in a deeply segregated Charlotte, NC in the 1950s and 60s. When my high school, North Mecklenburg,...
Look, another stupid white guy commercial
Gary D Patterson Gastonia, NC Here comes the stupid husband, boyfriend, tradesman, etc. in a commercial. He is almost always white. Why?
White guilt smothers hopes of authenticity.
Cindy Castevens Winston Salem, NC I’m white, and feel ashamed about my color every time I’m around black folks whom I don’t know. I think...
Quarterbacks must be able to think!
Stanley E. Lindsey (Stan), Newberry, SC My six words came from one of the assist football coaches I grew up in a small town Lincolnton,...
Cute when thin, angry when fat
Nicole McFarlane, Fayetteville, NC. I’m a 43 year old black woman who has spent most of her adult life living and working in the South....
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...
The plantation haunts my gay marriage.
Erik Shawn Frampton, Charlotte, NC. I am the descendant of a line of plantation owners in South Carolina. As a gay man, my upcoming marriage...
Black girl attitude, but sounds white.
Khuwailah Beyah, Durham, NC. For as long as I can remember people have said to me, and sometimes to my mother, the I “talk white”...
I am not what you assume
Andrew Boggs, North Wilkesboro, NC People assume I am just another Caucasian, another white person with privileges without knowing who I am. My skin, like...
But you look like you’re Mexican
Stephanie, Charlotte, NC I’m Black and Korean. But to many others I’m Mexican. My skin tone, my hair texture, my facial features apparently aren’t Black...
Not all cops are bad cops
Abby, Sparta, NC Everybody thinks that just because there are a couple of crooked cops out there, that all cops are bad. My dad happens...
