You’re hispanic, then must be Mexican.
Andrea, Eugene, OR Being Hispanic isn’t limited to one ethnicity.
ROOTS show ended our interracial marriage
Laura Romeyn, Eugene, OR Thanks for giving this opportunity to express feelings and facts
I grieve for my lost identity.
Janel Ruehl, Bend, OR I’m a white American, but that doesn’t mean much to me. It doesn’t feel like a fully fleshed-out identity I can...
What questions can start a conversation
Dale, Medford, OR I am reading your Conversations book realizing many questions come off as offensive and would like to know what questions could start...
I’m white! Who am I now?
Dave Albertine, Portland, OR I spent my life teaching hundreds of children and working hard to lift these young people up, and celebrate their cultures,...
Let’s abolish this concept now, please!
Jaime Phelps, Philomath, OR. This is a great idea. Thanks for your efforts.
Sometimes I cry when making pasta.
Meredith Taggart, Portland, OR. I’m Italian and Scottish and otherwise a European mutt. I’m generally considered “white,” and look ambiguously ethnic. For me, the idea...
Tight Black curls line the tub
Jan Landis, Portland, OR Our family raised a Black boy, along with our own 5 children. It always amused me when I cleaned the tub...
I am not your curiosity game.
Victoria, Salem, OR. As a biracial person, people often ask me, “what ethnicity are you?” – aka what race can I define you as? People...
I’m Hispanic, but not a PoC.
Noa L-C, Salem, OR My heritage is not always clear by the color of my skin, but it is no less real just because you...
I understand English with normal speed
Saki Watanabe, Salem, OR I’m an international student and studying abroad now. When I talk with native English speakers, many of them speak English slowly...
Actually, I speak English very well.
Guadalupe Mitchell, Damascus, OR. Growing up, most people just saw a little brown Mexican girl. I remember when entered the second grade and my family...
