That Uniform Don’t Cover Your Ass
Sid Makeba Raleigh, NC I was so proud in the fall of 1960 to join and wear the uniform of The United States Air Force....
Mixed Latina two times “different”, lonely.
Mara Andino Los Angeles, CA My parents are both Puerto Rican. My mom has red hair and freckles constantly mistaken for Northern European, my dad...
Black Latina not AfricanAmerican, neither Latina
Diama Gabriel Miami, FL I’m in between waters. I’m not African American for the black Americans, and I’m not a Latina for the Latino community....
Not Everyone Whose Hispanic Speaks Spanish
Isaiah Santiago Philadelphia, PA My names Isaiah Santiago and I am Puerto Rican. Being Puerto Rican and being different is always something that I’ve dealt...
But you don’t look Puerto Rican…
Paul David Mena Wayland, MA As if a Puerto Rican can’t be fair-skinned, middle-class and college-educated! Granted, I was raised by parents who looked for...
Hi, so what ethnicity are you?
Audrey Niemchick Ann Arbor, MI I actually laughed when the girl that I was about to play a tennis match against asked me that during...
Puerto Rican but everyone think mexican
Dr. Gisselle Velez-Ruiz Ann Arbor, MI Stereotypes & generations
Watching my children negotiate racial identity
Kim Y Edmonds Baltimore, MD The issue of race has evolved but we in the US are still struggling and clearly uncomfortable. Those probing questions...
Only experienced discrimination from other Latinos.
Alicia Velez Stewart Providence, RI I also could have gone with “Wow, you don’t look Puerto Rican,” or “You are too “white” for us.” My...
I’m a mutt and I’m proud!
Lily Nadal Asheville, NC I’m one quarter Irish, one quarter Greek, one quarter Puerto Rican, and one quarter Native American. And even though I have...
Black, White, Puerto Rican. I am all.
Paul Hobson Douglasville, GA My paternal great-grandfather was white who loved my great grandmother who was a slave. They lived together as one because they...
Goes both ways, fed by ignorance.
Bill Ramos Jensen Beach, FL I am Puerto Rican and can tell you that racism is not just a black and white problem. We need...
