No Bi-racial Couples Allowed at Prom.
Joellen M Hodge, Tomkins Cove, NY We didn’t go to the prom. Instead, we went to the movies and had to sit in the segregated...
You don’t live with your parents?
Courissa, Bath, NY I get a lot of questions when people hear I live with my aunt and uncle, because I call them “mom” and...
“Why Do You Look So Exotic?”
Jaya Harrover Saxena Astoria, NY My dad moved to America from India as a child. My mom’s family has been in America since the 1630s....
Grown through, what I’ve been through
Mackenzie McLean, Addison, NY Through every obstacle I’ve faced, big or small I always remember that it won’t last forever, and in the end I...
Damn Mom, You’re Right. I’m sorry.
David Pham Poughkeepsie, NY When I was young, my mom told me a macabre anecdote about the Vietnam War. She remembered that American soldiers would...
Sorry, you all look the same.
Sonya Wang, Ballston Lake, NY. Asian. Asian-American. Doesn’t seem to matter with most people.
SO much more than six words……
London Romero, Orangeburg, NY I am a mother, wife, daughter, sister, granddaughter, aunt, niece, cousin, friend, professional, mentor, role model, but all they see is...
Have BOTH parents in my life.
Maliek Chambers, Long Island, NY People assume that you don’t have both parents in your life if you are black and especially not ones that...
I’m Karen, not the Karen meme
Pru Moo, Utica, NY p>I’m not Korean, and no, I’m not the Karen meme neither. I’m from Karen State, Myanmar, in Southeast Asia. I am...
Cultural Gatekeepers Defile Black People’s Beauty
Deborah Sanders New York, NY Racism has become so deeply ingrained in our culture that we are often only able to recognize the most obvious...
Adopted, how much did she cost?
Gail O’Rourke Brooklyn, NY White Mom + Chinese daughter: Said right in my face, with my 5 year old daughter in my lap. She clutched...
“Where are you from?” – “Boston.” -” Liar!”
Lex, Syracuse, NY. I’m originated from Shanghai, China, currently doing a PhD at Syracuse University. Unavoidably, I have been welcomed with the question “where are...
He’s my dad, not the gardener.
Kelly Stuart, Brooklyn, NY. I was five when my mother married my stepfather, Alfred Brown, Jr. in 1980. My stepfather, or, as I think of...
What’s Good? I’m a Nuyorican, baby!
Christina Labrador, Copiague, NY “Are you Indian?” The man behind the 7-11 counter asks me. “Are you Egyptian?” The parking attendant asks. “You look Israeli.”...
