Trying to Navigate, Willing to Fight
Donna Scott, Seattle, WA. I’m passionate about social justice, but I sense the amount of space that I take up, as a white person. I...
Learn, feel, reflect, act, reflect. Repeat.
Mariela Barriga, Seattle, WA. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: Seattle Community Colleges
But Your Not Really Black
Damme Getachew, Seattle, WA. My parents are from Ethiopia and so I self-identify as Ethiopian. I’m frequently asked “Where are you from?” as if being...
I’m brown, therefore I am invisible
Raúl Sánchez, Seattle, WA. Racial profiles are not AMERICAN, I am!
Better to offend than not discuss
Joe Mallahan Seattle, WA As a white man raised in the United States, I have, by no choice of my own, indelible racist perspectives ingrained...
I’m Korean, Jewish, both, neither? American.
Benjamin Donguk Lukoff, Seattle, WA. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: Seattle Community Colleges Biracial and multiracial people often feel left out of...
“Change your English level to native”
Silvia Zorrilla, Seattle, WA After applying to jobs for over a year and not getting a single call back for interviews, a local independent recruiter...
I am not an exotic creature
Hana Peoples, Seattle, WA Being of Japanese and African American ethnicity has brought many interesting comments from people. Because I have an “ambiguous look,” I...
Ashamed that accomplished minorities surprise me.
Anonymous, Seattle, WA. No matter how liberal and progressive I might claim to be, no matter how many workshops I’ve been to or essays I’ve...
We all hurt in different ways.
Christine Farrell, Naches, WA. My dad was an Italian/Irishman who grew up in the Bronx and Harlem areas of New York City. He grew up...
Prioritize peace of mind young Chicana
Joceline Marrufo, Seattle, WA I find that many young Latina women often are belittled with comments regarding their IQ and financial state. I am of...
Trouble is, maybe I’m a racist.
Matthew Hartter, Seattle, WA. The feeling of uselessness leads to a desire for superiority.
I grew up in the 98118
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White mom contributes to racial diversity
Cindy Etter, Seattle, WA Thirty-three years ago I gave birth to a Chinese son. He has truly lived the life of a millennial, comfortable in...
TIME TO RE-READ STAR BELLIED SNEETCHES
Zachary Lansdowne, Seattle, WA Life is short. Obsessing on which brand of spacesuit you, or the others around you, have been given is not going...
I’m tired of Black Lives Matter (BLM)!
Chris Rochambeau, Seattle, WA I am ethnically “mixed”, (born in New Orleans – Spanish Creole, Cajun French and Choctaw ), but appear Anglo. I am,...
