The outside doesn’t tell a story
Aidan, Lake Forest, CA We look at people and decide so many things about them before even hearing their names. Listen to people’s stories and...
We, human beings, are like apples
Kayla G, Saint Louis, MO The majority of us, if not all, do not choose an apple by the color of its skin, but for...
I’m just an American outside America!
Alma Gill, Columbia, MD. When I travel to other countries, I find it fascinating when asked, are you American? I’ve never been asked or identified...
God created race people created racism
Eric Evans, Tarboro, NC. Our God-given differences are meant to be appreciated not to keep us separated. As a Native American man I live in...
Different on outside, like on inside
Leah Alexander, Cleveland, GA I believe we were all made by a Creator that loves each and everyone of us very much, but He loved...
Wearing your difference on the outside.
Mona Khadr, Washington, DC. “But where are you from, originally?” is a question I get a lot. When I was younger, I answered proudly (“Egyptian!”)...
Outside I’m Black, inside I’m multitudes
Julie Bayley, Bronx, NY p>I am so tired of being “classified“. As with most people of darker hue on this side of the diaspora, I...
You shouldn’t judge from the outside
Lexie Cagle, Wichita, KS What you see on the outside isn’t always what it is on the inside, how do you really know a person...
“Beauty Inside Shines through the Outside”
Matthew Powers, Riverside, CA. “Growing up Irish and being raised by a single mom in the 50’s and 60’s in Omaha I saw racial tension...
I’m in the inside not ouside
Johnny B., USA. Growing up in thee northeast US, in a multi-racial mixed racial attitude combined with military and college education has afforded me a...
Not just a little white girl
Nicolette Vogelman, West Chester, PA Most people see me as a quiet, little blonde girl. Honestly, I’ve heard people refer to me as a little...
All yellow isn’t the same yellow
Sam Kim, South Korea. It’s because outside of Korea, people would see us as Chinese although we could be Korean or Japanese.
Not white enough and too white.
Maritza Aviles de Garcia, Dallas, TX. My entire life has been spent walking between two worlds, the predominantly white world outside of my home, and...
White doesn’t define who I am!
Briana, Stockton, CA. The color of my skin does not define the true person I am on the outside or even within. The color of...
You are more than one race?
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Before this project I didn’t know much about race or racism, but then I figured...
I AM MORE THAN MY COMPLEXION
Latonya Sampson, Los Angeles, CA. I am so much more than what your eyes can see on the outside.
