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,...
German, Irish, Native American, Black babies
Ryan Barrows, Portland, ME. There is only one color and this “Love”
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...
Sure, right, Jewish is a race
Anonymous, Portland, ME Although I’ve explained a thousand, people keep telling me that Jewish is a race not a religion. At this point, why both.
More colors more stories more gratitude
Penny Shaff Altman, Portland, ME. My father told me stories drawn from his childhood in the Ukraine. My mother told me stories about her life...
Race? Culture? Do we know which?
David Brady, Portland, OR. Travel to see new cultures and experiences? I do. But, we can experience the richness of culture here if we look...
Not Just Any Other White Girl
Francesca Magno Portland, ME I come from a very large Irish/Italian family. We have traditions and ideals representative of different cultures. Yet, when people identify...
White female, yes. “White girl”, no.
Ivy Portland, ME Yes I am a white female but I do not think I fit the stereotypes associated with the label “white girl”.
Secretly Jewish, with no idea why
Brian Chapman Portland, OR I discovered, in my 40s, that my ethnicity and my ancestry were not what I had been led to believe. For...
I’m Asian, not invisible, not disgusting.
Chuck, Portland, OR. It’s that look. The look I’ve seen all my life. Like you just found a gross bug in your house that you...
Your children really look like Americans
Renu Gehring Portland, OR I am an ethnically Indian woman married to a white man. Our two kids are a happy blend of brown and...
Yo, dumbass white honky mother f*****
Rudy Owens, Portland, OR. So, you want six words? Here are six I heard so many times I can’t even count them. They came in...
Embedded fear of most black males
Jeffrey Todd, Portland, OR I don’t consider myself to be prejudiced but I sometimes experience a feeling of uneasiness when I encounter certain individuals –...
