Something that continues to divide us.
Fallon Howells, San Antonio, TX. Race should not be something that divides us. We are all of one race, the human race ❤️
Black girls can rock bold lipstick!
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. Often black women are told that we shouldn’t pull any more attention to our lips because they are sooooooo big!...
You don’t sound like a Hispanic!
Susie Gonzalez, San Antonio, TX. I had just gotten married and opted to add my husband’s last name to my byline as a newspaper reporter....
“You can only check one box…”
I got my driver’s application returned the first time because I chose boxes that aligned with both of my racial identities. The woman gave me...
From Unawareness to Critically Examining Whiteness
In my world, white was normal. I believed that race was something other than whiteness. The normalcy of whiteness meant I did not have to...
Institutional racism is America’s persistent challenge.
Overt racism is largely outlawed, but practically everything that determines how we live, from education, to housing, to financial access, to the legal and justice...
No apologies for who I am
Stanton Lawrence, San Antonio, TX. Throughout my professional life, I have experienced efforts to devalue or negatively assess the contributions of blacks in the work...
I’m not a “real” black person
Maia Ogembo, Arlington, TX. Trinity University Because of the way I speak or carry myself, I am not viewed as black enough to some people’s...
Human diversity improves studying biological diversity.
Michele Johnson, Trinity University. My research lab studies the evolution of lizard behavior, and we need a diversity of perspectives to do our best work....
Irish, Italian, German, Finnish, my daughters.
Diane Smith, San Antonio, TX. Trinity University My daughters great-grandparents were immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Germany and Finland. We are all immigrants.
Segregation and inequity; the struggle continues
Dr. Deneese L. Jones, San Antonio, TX. Trinity University Race still matters! Even after sixty years past the Brown v. Board decision where the courts...
Treat others as you’d be treated.
Kindness and the Golden Rule are so impactful when applied to any situation. I remember hearing the Aesop’s story (many years ago) about the North...
Undocumented once, Professor now, Mexican-queer always
In 1987, at the age of 16, I left my family in Mexico and started my journey in the U.S. with a visitor’s visa that...
Race switches between dominance and minority
Nhi Nguyen, Trinity University In Vietnam, my ethinicity is Kinh, which is the dominant group of Vietnamese. Before coming the U.S., I never really cared...
Racism is Our Generation’s Struggle Now.
Jade Mack, San Antonio, TX. Racism today comes in many forms. In America, racism is xenophobic, and can come from any race. Racism is interpersonal,...
