I learned I was Black in kindergarten.
Shakira, Phoenix, AZ. One day after our teacher snapped photos of our class she developed them in black and white and scattered them out on...
Asian, but I’m terrible using chopsticks
Maelyn Martz, Phoenix, AZ Just by appearance it’s clear of my origins; most would assume that I’m familiar using chopsticks, but I’m actually terrible using...
Expansive Roots, Exquisite Tongues, Diversity Perpetuated
Christopher Ramsey, Phoenix, AZ. From Mexico, to Ireland to Guam and then back to Spain. I embrace the wealth in language, food, faith and tradition....
Three months more, would they ask?
Nina Martin Phoenix, AZ I am quietly proud of my multiracial background: my mother is Chinese, and my father is half German, half American. I...
My family is not from England
Daniekke, Phoenix, AZ The concept of race is a lie. I am pale, but I am not white. I am not from England either which...
“Am I white?” –My Latina daughter
Anne Hickling Phoenix, AZ I don’t know how to answer this when she asks. The answer is both “Yes” and “No.” Her Cuban grandparents self-identify...
Fake friends slandered my wife’s ethnicity.
Gary Kraemer Phoenix, Metro Area, AZ Two different former friends put up hate speech about people of my wife’s ethnicity on the internet. They were...
Why are people like me scared?
Tom Lewis, Phoenix, AZ. Most “white” people in the USA are descended from people who were considered “other” and often not even white when these...
I am who I am, ME!
Debra Rosenberg, Phoenix, AZ. I am the person I am meant to be, and proud to be a Jew even though growing up I knew...
Planet Earth – no aliens, only humans.
Patricia Butler Phoenix, AZ When did we start calling people from other countries aliens? I hate that term and the inequality it suggests. All of...
We are more alike than unalike
Emily Patten, Phoenix, AZ. I grew up in a city with a substantial lack of racial diversity, yet my parents and teachers were able to...
American, Mexican, and probably much more.
Manuel Holguin, Phoenix, AZ. I don’t really get being proud of your race to any extreme. I suppose my argument is that you as a...
“Look immigration you better start running”
Maria M., Phoenix, Arizona. At first this didn’t bother me as much but, this began to get really annoying and people started saying this with...
My dream one race human race
Anthony P. Larson, Phoenix, AZ. I think my six words speak for themselves. We are all children if the same God .
