I’m not racist, I am classist.
Eileen Jacobowitz Sacramento, CA I’m more likely to feel more comfortable around a person who is of a similar education/income level, regardless of their skin...
My daughter says Tiana’s too dark.
Lisa Clark Sacramento, CA I’m of mixed race and it hurt to hear my daughter express that she prefers the blonde Barbies to Disney’s Princess...
Topic scares, unnerves, and embarrasses people.
Kathryn Sacramento, CA Sad to say the issue of race still negatively challenges and polarizes people in so many parts of the world. This just...
“What are you?” people always ask.
Nancy Sheperd Sacramento, CA As a mixed-race woman, I’m often struck by others’, and especially strangers’, need to put me into a box. It isn’t...
Look inside and look for good.
Lori Aguirre Sacramento, CA Life can be a continuous challenge to not make premature judgments of people. This is a great project! Congratulations are definitely...
Mexican, people assume I speak Spanish
Anonymous Sacramento, CA I am mixed Filipina and Mexican. Parents divorced when I was young, both my parents remarried to racist people who felt the...
2012, 16, got called a n*****
Kianna Young Sacramento, CA True Story. One day I was walking my dog down the street and talking to a friend on the phone, I...
Gay, Fag, Homo. Yes I am.
Aaron Armer Sacramento, CA My 6 word essay is based on Identity which is explaining to the reader that you can stand up to a...
