Yo dude do you have Coronavirus?
B, Orange, CA This is something that I heard Chinese students being asked while at school when the outbreak happened. No, they did not have...
Too brown for the fancy restaurant.
Jane Medina Orange, CA My daughter Annie had just turned 21. So she, my husband, my son, and I put on our cocktail party clothes...
“Why isn’t ‘American’ ever a race option?”
Norma Pahl, Orange, CA I am American, I was born here and was raised here my entire life, I have never even been out of...
White, privellged, and aware of it.
Grant Peters, Orange, CA I come from a wealthy suburb of the Bay Area in CA. I grew up in a bubble of sorts that...
I don’t think I’m Mexican enough
Sam, Orange, CA Growing up as mixed race being both Mexican and white, I’ve struggled with my identity as a Mexican person feeling that I...
Engish only, you’re not really Mexican.
Matthew Montoya, Orange, CA I understand Spanish but I can speak fluently. I get embarrassed because fluent Spanish speakers are no help to teach, they...
Light skinned Irish-Mexican, Ain’t Confused.
Steven Jacob Alvarez, Orange, CA. I’m about 85% Mexican, and 15% Irish. Throughout my early life, I always considered myself purely Mexican. It wasn’t until...
If you’re white, don’t ask questions
Brenna McCurry, Orange, CA. I feel like because I am white people get mad at me for asking questions or saying anything about race/ethnicity. I...
You’re Brown. You’re Orange. First contact.
Steve Keating Canton, MI When I was three I saw my across-the-stree neighbor for the first time. He was black and I greew up in...
Silently ashamed by my Anglo-Saxon heritage.
Kelly Cirigliano Orange, CA I am ostensibly white. In the secrecy of my heart, I am embarrassed of my race. Often I feel the urge...
I’m not African American but still black.
Khemani G Orange, NJ It bothers me sometimes when I am filling something out and the race box says only African American when I am...
