Just what do you people eat?
Judith A Harper, Pikesville, MD. Years ago our family integrated a Predominantly Jewish neighborhood in New Haven, Connecticut. I am African-American. While walking our German...
Jewish daycare, Catholic college, Hindu wedding
Charles Hirsch Mount Washington, MA I had the wonderful opportunity to grow up in a multicultural community. I attended daycare sponsored by the Jewish Community...
Altering historical truth enslaves us all
Tess Schorz, New Haven, KY At the rate our world is devolving, we will repeat past atrocities but all in the name of political correctness...
Dr. King’s photo behind (a) folding door.
Judy Seymour Madison, WI I grew up upper class white outside New Haven, CT. ‘Bill’ and ‘JB’ cleaned my parents’ house for ‘Mrs. Seymour’, my...
Racism is too weak a word.
Amelinda, New Haven, CT. I am as white as they come… Blonde hair, blue eyes; English, Swedish, Irish, German, French heritage… I grew up in...
Wanted to be a black teenager
Elizabeth Hess, New Haven, CT. That photo is the end paper of my yearbook, Weaver High School, Hartford, Connecticut, 1975. I was one of about...
You’re just like a normal couple.
Kathleen J Gagnon, New Haven, VT. We were at another couple’s house, for dinner. The meal was excruciatingly boring, but the man of the couple...
Invisible white mother feels demographic betrayal
Amy Chai New Haven, CT I am “white.” I am not European-American, I do not have permission to honor my heritage with a hyphen. I...
Excruciating childhood. Beaten, tormented. Why? Jewish.
Beth A New Haven, CT My worst experience was in graduate school when an educated adult from a wealthy Connecticut town said “Oh, so THAT’s...
Black. Cuban. Both. Are you sure?
Guinevere Thomas New Haven, CT So many times I often get the “what are you mixed with?” question. Like any Black person from the Americas,...
White couple adopts four brown Brazilians.
James F. New Haven, CT A few years ago we adopted four beautiful children from Brazil. Their skin is darker than ours. We also have...
