Indian American South Asian Desi American
Jacob Kuriakose, San Diego, CA. I would like to bring up the idea of “Indian” to label Native Americans, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans, Bangladeshis, etc. I...
Use privilege to give a voice to others
Isabelle Norconk, San Diego, CA. As a white woman, I don’t experience the struggle and discrimination that other men and women of minority groups feel....
All the Mexicans here are Black.
Jessica Laursen San Diego, CA to New Orleans, LA When moving from San Diego to New Orleans as a teenager I realized the jobs held...
Racism; as American as apple pie
Malcolm Harris Jarvis, San Diego, CA. Unfortunately, the apple does not fall far from the tree leading, in many cases, to generations of racists. Racism...
Lion wrote history, its prey turn
MARK PLISKA, San Diego, CA. The lion (white men) wrote our history, now its prey’s (people of color) time to write the history
Complicated, a foot in two worlds.
Javiera, San Diego, CA. My husband often jokes that I’m not “brown” because my light skin makes me look like an average white person. But...
Not American, not Mexican; something else.
Chuck Lehneis San Diego, CA Born here in San Diego, I find I fit in best. Yet, I don’t identify totally with the culture, by...
Guess what? I’m not all white!
William Lee Posey, Jr. San Diego, CA DNA test indicates I am 13% Sub-Saharan African which is the same DNA of African Americans. Since my...
You’re the wrong kind of Mexican
Alex Armstrong San Diego, CA For some of us, we don’t quite fit here or there.
My generation should know better
Ann Marie USA I didn’t understand how much racism still existed in America until I moved to Missouri for college. As a white female, second...
Grandaddy gave carp to the darkies.
Clay Underwood, San Diego, CA. My grandfather, born 1890’s, was an avid fisherman. My brother and I fished with him in rural north Alabama when...
I shouldn’t care more than you.
Chrissy Iemma, San Diego, CA. I am a white woman. I have an interracial young adult son. The injustices that the African Amercican community face...
With LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL
Amy Sharpe San Diego, CA Our country should be able to provide equal opportunities and education for ALL students.
