You might hurt the man’s feelings
Paul J. Mercer, Lakewood, NJ These words were from my father in the very early 50s. My Dad and I were watching the world go...
Three Cultures. Two Races. No Home.
Kristen Ellerbe, Richmond, VA. As a mixed child, I have never felt at home with any culture. My mother was born in the Philippines and...
Small towns don’t care for diversity
Tess Junge, St. Paul, MN Growing up in a small town as a white person, I really didn’t have an understanding of racism. It wasn’t...
“Look, She throws like a girl!”
Riley Hill, West Chester, PA For me, growing up I was just a little tom boy girl that loved to play sports and be outside....
Fully Korean, can barely understand it
Audrey Lee, Menlo Park, CA I’m fully Korean – both of my parents were born in South Korea to Korean parents. Yet I grew up...
Small brown flecks on a tortilla
Jane Orias, St. Louis, MO We moved to St. Louis, MO about 6 years ago after living in Hawaii and the west coast. The topic...
Blacks opress themselves and blame whites.
Amanda, Virginia Beach, VA I was never one to think of myself as racist. Over the last several years I have watched the black community...
Asians challenge the Black-White racial binary.
Jason Fong, Los Angeles, CA. Asian Americans have been in the U.S. for hundreds of years and yet we are routinely excluded from discussions about...
I hate being called a “white boy”
Anonymous, USA. “White boy”, , , . What I don’t understand is why there has always had to be a race at the bottom. No...
Gay White Autistic Male….Difficult Fit
Joshua K. NH Being on the Autism spectrum, I felt that I never fit in with the rest of my classmates because I would always...
White mother, Black daughter, Love Wins.
Julie Steele, Lenexa, KS. We are not blind, but we do believe that love will win. We will not lose our hope that in our...
Voluntary Segregation Is The Only Answer
J. Conway, USA My grandparents were against segregation until my parents school was desegregated in the 1960’s and suddenly it became a tribal battleground. Black...
White people on TV aren’t me.
Paula Trucks-Pape, Wisconsin Rapids, WI. What a fantastic and simple writing prompt, exercise for students, all around thought provoker! Thank you.
Wow! You don’t have any kids?
Yira Pineda, Anaheim, CA I am told that it is surprising that at my age, gender and Hispanic culture I do not have any children...
Brown girl rejected with red blood
Anonymous, USA. Grew up as the only little brown girl in class, always having to explain why my hair grew up to the skies when...
Look Asian but culturally I wasn’t
Allison, Aurora, CO I grew up in a very Americanized community although my family was very cultural. All my friends in school were white leaving...
White folk need more Black friends.
Morgan Tyree, Powell, WY. Many Blacks have White friends and associates, most probably always have. But not so for Whites. If more Whites knew individuals...
I fell for the assimilation trap
Brian Roberts, Gaithersburg, MD. I am a middle-aged American black man. I thought that if I lived my life as a solid citizen, went to...
