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Gabriela Denise Frank, Seattle, WA. Despite being a Detroit native who grew up in Arizona, I was mostly surrounded by white kids like me during...
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Gabriela Denise Frank, Seattle, WA. Despite being a Detroit native who grew up in Arizona, I was mostly surrounded by white kids like me during...
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...
Mariela Barriga, Seattle, WA. Collected from The Race Card Project, On Location: Seattle Community Colleges
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...
Raúl Sánchez, Seattle, WA. Racial profiles are not AMERICAN, I am!
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Matthew Hartter, Seattle, WA. The feeling of uselessness leads to a desire for superiority.
Guy Godefroy , Seattle, WA. Submitted via Twitter: @mrfatlace Additional information for the 6-WORD ESSAY: news/arts-culture/ 445093-census-bureau-98118-most-diverse-zip-code-us
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...
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...