White Jewish girl in a bubble
Emily Einhorn, Beachwood, OH. Whenever there is talk about racism, a part of me feels guilty. I have lived in a small suburb my entire...
China, Yellow, hardworking, dream, versatile, active
Yilan Miao, Selinsgrove, PA. Maybe we should improved the inaccurate term “racism” with the much more accurate and potentially productive term “stereotype”. As American people...
Just A Small Town White Girl.
Ava N, West Point, NE I am a junior attending Guardian Angels Central Catholic in West Point, NE. I have always lived in a small...
Small Ohio Town: Color Didn’t Matter
Debbie Spragg Brisentine Plain City, OH I was born in 1954, lived in Mt. Pleasant Ohio, pop. approx. 500. Attended school from 1959-1972. Had both...
Small town girl, big world problems.
Michaela Ford, Cheboygan, MI I am just a small-town girl that went to a small school with a graduating class of fourteen kids. Having a...
Being a non-racist straight white man
Kenton Skiba, Flagstaff, AZ There is a stereotype put with being a straight white man that we are all racist. For the most part, I...
That girl spat in my eye.
Caprice Becker, Manhattan, KS. I was in High School in a very small town of about 1300 mostly descended from German immigrants in the 1870s,...
Nice small town has race issues.
Sara Przybylski Stevens Point, WI People think this is a great place to live, work, and raise kids… and it is. Just under the surface,...
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...
“Wow, you’re from Iowa, where’s that?”
Jenna Van Otterloo, Rock Valley, IA Iowa seems to be a very over looked state. With small towns and farms, there doesn’t seem like much...
White wrestling girl in small town.
Jayden Housh, Mt. Pleasant, IA I was born and raised in a small town, surrounded by corn and bean fields. In a small town of...
Adopted from India lived in NH
Kayla Eckhoff, Denver, CO. I was just a year old when I was adopted, I was born in India and grew up in a small...
Yes, I married a Vietnamese man.
Kaylin Nguyen, Williamsburg, VA My husband and I have been together for four years now. I am white, he is Vietnamese. I am originally from...
“Si se puede” the famous quote.
Elaine Gastelum, Calexico, CA. My name is Elaine Gastelum and I’ve been raised in a small town called Calexico. Calexico is right next to the...
Don’t say “that is so black”
Ayla A. Wilk, Blacksburg, VA. I grew up in a small town in the south side of Virginia. Our town was built on a foundation...
White immigrant = not an immigrant.
Linda M Larsen, Hudson, WI. Hungarian+British +Canadian = American. I’m an immigrant, a ‘legal alien’ from Canada, with Hungarian and British parents, living in the...
