Blacker the Berry, Sweeter the Juice
Brailynn Billingsley, Opelika, AL People judge me because I’m darker toned than my peers. If they were to talk to me, they would understand I...
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Brailynn Billingsley, Opelika, AL People judge me because I’m darker toned than my peers. If they were to talk to me, they would understand I...
Gabrielle Guzman San Diego, CA Yes, I am Mexican. Yes, I know I apparently hold the same facial features as someone who would be considered...
Justina Adarkwah Christchurch, VA I’ve always had a problem with identity, but ironically I realized it was me that thought I had a problem, it...
Kwazi Owens Washington, DC I see so much divisiveness among black women due to colorism. I remember growing up and girls automatically not liking me...
Rosina B., Temecula, CA. African Americans come in all colors and hues, and just because my skin may be light it does not make me...
Amanda Sperow, Chehalis, WA. Oregon State University Because I am a young woman with blonde hair, and I take pride in the way I look...
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...
Mikaela Rejbrand, San Francisco, CA. Being a person of mixed race, my biological mom is white and my biological father is black, and having married...
Lindsey Einck, Primghar, IA South O’brien. Color doesn’t change who you are. Your color of your skin shouldn’t make you any different than anyone else.
Janet Jimenez Washington, DC Puertorriqueño(a) is the “proper” term used to address a native islander from Puerto Rico. Do not confuse with Newyoricans, or anyone...
Brenda Ward, Schaumburg, IL. The color of our skin has nothing to do with who we are. It is where we live, who raises us,...
Rachel Brinson, Centennial, CO. People always want to put me in a box and assume what I find offensive, what I find familiar, and how...
Victor Vega, Los Angeles, CA. What troubles is on his mind? What’s he hiding from the camera? What’s in his jacket? That’s what I think...