More than “just a Black girl”
Jolie Anne Chevalier, San Jose, CA. This is me at eight years old back in 1979, the daughter of an African-American/Seminole Indian mother, and a...
Grandma for grandkids of many colors
Emma Cate, San Jose, CA We have four grandsons who are half black, one adopted grandson who is brown, two great-grandkids who are half Chinese....
Loving and Hating being Asian
Vivian Li San Jose, CA I deeply appreciate my heritage as a Chinese-American. It has taught me about a complex culture, thousands-of-years-old ideology, and a...
After all, we all bleed red.
Moon Young Jin, San Jose, CA I am Korean. Husband is Filipino Indian American. We have Filipino, Korean, Chinese, White, and Mexican family members who...
I’m not your damn “china virus”
TI, San Jose, CA Stay vigilant. Protect yourself at all times. And wear a damn mask.
Racism and America are inextricably connected.
Floria, San Jose, CA In the words of Annalise Keating, “racism is built into the DNA of America.” It is inescapable and seeps into every...
I am everything, we all are.
Danielle Garcia, San Jose, CA. Race is a concept, we’re all the same inside.
No color barriers luckiest son ever
Dustin Marek, San Jose, CA. I was always afraid of never being accepted, since most of my very Caucasian family is scattered throughout the U.S....
Does my brown offend your white?
Fatima Khan, San Jose, CA As a Brown person, I have faced my fair share of discrimination. This has, in turn, led me to question...
No, not the nanny… They’re MINE.
Valerie Grajeda Rountree, San Jose, CA. I grew up not speaking Spanish in a very Mexican neighborhood. My mother sent me to schools out of...
You Look Like Your Dad
Krystal Lopez, San Jose, CA. Being Mexican that’s all I tried to be growing up, but the truth is there is a black hole that...
My daughter doesn’t look me…
Carmen Tang, San Jose, CA …but she still my daughter. My daughter looks more like her dad which is Asian America. Something people ask me...
You’ve got to admit they’re intimidating
Al Moran San Jose, CA I chose those words because I want people to notice what the first thing that occurs to them. The result...
Race in America, what a mess.
Ellen Finch, San Jose, CA. My heart breaks for those with skin of the “wrong” color who are treated so poorly in so many ways....
I feel uncertain about the future
Cara Rose, San Jose, CA. I’m White. Formerly, I was Mixed; Portuguese and British/German. I only became White when the US census bureau declared the...
