I’m the future, can’t you see?
Lauren Lola Newark, CA Why are people always so curious about what my racial makeup is? They treat it like it’s a game- like they’re...
See my color. I see yours.
Florencetine Bourne Jasmin, Gwynn Oak, MD. My response to those who say, “I don’t see color.” But I need you to see my color. It...
Stop seeing white; instead, see me.
Jill Goughnour Lynchburg, VA Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
They only see the Asian half.
Katelyn Tsukada Northampton, MA My mother is of Irish and Italian heritage; my father of Japanese descent. Both of my parents were born in the...
“My Blood is Red, What’s Yours”
Ralanda King, Philadelphia, PA. Born and raised in the city of brotherly love, but I’m full of sisterly affection, I not black but brown and...
I see it, but I’m tired
Dustin Fife Blanding, UT. My other would have been…No one wins where I live.
I’m here, you don’t see me
José Andrés, Submitted via Twitter: @chefjoseandres. Yes that is chef José Andrés…
I can see and hear you
Hailey, Tioga, PA As a white woman in the United States I have learned to recognize my privilege. Growing up in a rural area has...
Looking at me you don’t see
Raquel Saunders, New York, NY. My dad is half black and my mom is white, when look at me you only really see the white....
Race sees race. Love sees love.
Naette Lee, Philadelphia, PA. The nature of humans is that what we see is what matters. What we see has little to do with what...
Can’t see beyond my white privilege
Jessica, CA. I am a white female living in California with my white family. I grew up in an area where I was one of...
Not colorblind, just failed to see.
Megan Pastore, Chesapeake, VA Pull me over, and I get to walk away. I’m not colorblind, but due to my white privilege, I failed to...
“My Blood is Red, What’s Yours”
Ralanda King, Philadelphia, PA. Born and raised in the city of brotherly love, but I’m full of sisterly affection, I not black but brown and...
‘I don’t see color’ is cringeworthy.
Jasmine Honegan. Brazil. Growing up as one of 5 black families in an all white town in CT, ‘ I don’t see color’ was the...
There’s more than what you see
Josephine Kim, Cambridge, MA. When it comes to race, we need our eyes to hear and our ears to see.
You see me as I’m NOT!
Sonya J Van Alstyne, Submitted via Twitter: @SonyaJordan #theracecardproject
