I’m the future, can’t you see?
Lauren Lola Newark, CA Why are people always so curious about what my racial makeup is? They treat it like it’s a game- like they’re...
Friend’s birthday, my dress is ruined.
Celeste Bourdeau de Fontenay Newark, NJ I attended a dinner for a friend’s birthday at a nouveau riche- bling, expense account, restaurant in New York...
Life Divided By A Common Language
David H Lippman, Newark, NJ My situation is different…my mother is English, my father a third-generation New Yorker, so I either sound like I come...
Strength intelligence spice loyalty nobility earth
Erika Grisselle Morales Montalvo, Newark, NJ I was born in Puerto Rico. I grew up learning that a Puerto Rican is blend of three: white...
What country does my family represent?
Chevelloni El, Newark, DE. My daughter attends a multicultural festival at her school each year where students share their experiences, cultures and history. She wants...
They don’t see me as human………
George Days Jr., Newark, NJ. I think when you do, you’re see the reflection of your own image & needs…….
My Black is Best on Me
Shani Ketema, Newark, NJ. Mini Buns. Boxer Braids. Tans. Injections. Street style. TRANSLATION Bantu Knots, Cornrows, Black skin, thickness and what I’ve been wearing for...
Am I supposed to feel blessed?
Jenny, Newark, NJ. I am white and grew up where I was a minority. I have been in situations where people of color have said...
The individual issue turns to collective
Enrique Amigon Newark, NJ All individual problems are universal problems, reform for one nation is the push for another nation to act.
Blacks perpetuate our nation’s racist controversies.
Rocco Curro Newark, DE There will never be a “post-racial” time in America. It’s as if our nation will not just have stain on it’s...
