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...
