Benefit and burden with being biracial
Ryann Williams, Trinity University In a lot of ways, having two parents of different racial/ethnic backgrounds allows a unique insight into both cultures. It can...
South Texas Born, Melting Pot Raised
Jerheme Urban, Trinity University I am very proud of the fact that I was born in south Texas, a location steeped with history and tradition....
Turban, Assumptions, Fear, Perpetually Foreign, Resistance
Simran Jeet Singh, New York, NY. Trinity University My visible Sikh and South Asian identity have shaped my experiences with racial and cultural identities. Upon...
Biracial woman: strength, confidence, confusion, pain.
Melissa Flowers, Trinity University My mother is caucasian and my father is black. I have immense privilege in my life, and I feel that being...
Biologically baseless with immesurable social impact
Ta-Nehisi Coates writes in his book Between the World in Me that “racism is the father of race.” I teach that to my students every...
Irish, Italian, German, Finnish, my daughters.
Diane Smith, San Antonio, TX. Trinity University My daughters great-grandparents were immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Germany and Finland. We are all immigrants.
Human diversity improves studying biological diversity.
Michele Johnson, Trinity University. My research lab studies the evolution of lizard behavior, and we need a diversity of perspectives to do our best work....
I’m not a “real” black person
Maia Ogembo, Arlington, TX. Trinity University Because of the way I speak or carry myself, I am not viewed as black enough to some people’s...
Segregation and inequity; the struggle continues
Dr. Deneese L. Jones, San Antonio, TX. Trinity University Race still matters! Even after sixty years past the Brown v. Board decision where the courts...
Undocumented once, Professor now, Mexican-queer always
In 1987, at the age of 16, I left my family in Mexico and started my journey in the U.S. with a visitor’s visa that...
Treat others as you’d be treated.
Kindness and the Golden Rule are so impactful when applied to any situation. I remember hearing the Aesop’s story (many years ago) about the North...
Race switches between dominance and minority
Nhi Nguyen, Trinity University In Vietnam, my ethinicity is Kinh, which is the dominant group of Vietnamese. Before coming the U.S., I never really cared...
Norris brings The Race Card Project to Syracuse University
REPOST FROM: The Daily Orange By Clare Ramirez, FEATURE EDITOR Race is a subject many don’t want to talk about. But Michele Norris found a way...
Grand Rapids Community College Social Sciences Department sits down with Michele Norris.
REPOST: Mar 21, 2014 Susan Williams from GRCC’s Social Sciences Department sits down with Michele Norris. Michele Norris is currently a host and special correspondent...
