My family’s salad only has lettuce
Kelly Nolan, Salem, NH Might sound silly, but it does mean something. In the salad bowl of my family, I can’t think of anyone who...
I am not your curiosity game.
Victoria, Salem, OR. As a biracial person, people often ask me, “what ethnicity are you?” – aka what race can I define you as? People...
I’m Hispanic, but not a PoC.
Noa L-C, Salem, OR My heritage is not always clear by the color of my skin, but it is no less real just because you...
I understand English with normal speed
Saki Watanabe, Salem, OR I’m an international student and studying abroad now. When I talk with native English speakers, many of them speak English slowly...
Understand that you will never understand
Olivia Kisiel, Salem, NH Manchester Community College. All people who don’t experience racism need to understand that they will never get how it impacts people...
Sorry for sins of my ancestors
Katie, Salem, OR I struggle with feeling heavy and saddened by the history of the United States. I want to do my best to protect...
Transracial adoptee in a white home
Riley, Salem, OR Being Chinese and the only POC in an entirely white family has been incredibly harmful to my self-worth and cultural and ethnic...
I’m not your typical Chinese adoptee
Claire, Salem, OR Ever since I was a child I’ve always felt conflicted. As a Chinese adoptee with a white father and a Cuban mother,...
You’re too white to do that
Adam Costa, Salem, NH You see a lot of dancing in the social media spotlight and trends that are started. Either on TikTok or through...
White supremacy relies on white silence.
Laura Kelly, Salem, OR White people who do not speak up about racism are cogs in the machinery of white supremacy, quietly furthering it. If...
