You see me as I’m NOT!
Sonya J Van Alstyne,
Submitted via Twitter: @SonyaJordan
#theracecardproject
Family matters; race, not at all.
Phyllis Kedl,
Little Canada, MN.
Ours is a multi-ethnic family. We have fourteen grandkids, only five of whom are ethnically related to us. The rest? Two African American, three Hispanic and four Chinese. We are anything but vanilla, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Your project, Michele, may offer our country’s first — and, alas, only — honest look at what we Americans think about race. Thanks for that.
This one of the gaggle of grandkids was taken at Christmas last year. One of our adopted daughters and her children were on a trip, so there’s another pic of those three, taken before they left. 
Finally, there are the grandparents — my husband and I — on our 50th wedding anniversary in the summer of 2011.
Plain ol’ white. No I’m not.
Quinn Woods
Detroit, MI
It’s always bugged me, that when it comes to filling out “race” on things such as applications, the only thing that applies to me is “white”. Others get to check their origin. African american, Asian, American Indian, Hispanic, Hawaiian Island or White. I’m not just white, I’m half Polish, a quarter French and a quarter Irish. I guess that makes me mixed race. But I don’t think thats what they’re going for.
Not African-American. Expected to be.
Colin Mitchell
Sacramento, CA
Being black in this country without your family being from this country is a very interesting experience. I was an adult before I figured out why I didn’t quite fit in…
I’m prejudiced. Try not to be.
Marty Friedman
Greensboro, NC
Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
Mexican not just small and Brown.
Damian Solorzano
Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
