Culture, Melanin, Stereotype, Appearance, Organize, Myth
Stanley Filipowicz, Dana Point, CA p>Our oldest ancestors are from Africa, according to the out of Africa model. This is an environment where the sun...
One Mirror With Many Different Reflections.
Keith R. Barnes, Colorado Springs, CO. I hear people talking about being a part of a pure race. Race is a distinction placed upon one’s...
Learning Latine is not a race
Sabrina F. San Jose, CA Growing up I racially Identified myself as Latine, but then I learned that it isn’t a race. This made me...
Why should we care so much?
Lulu, Depew, NY I understand that race is significant. I understand that it’s such a big part of people’s identities. I’m just wondering: why should...
Social construction to maintain white dominance
Jana Everett, Denver, CO Studying the creation of race as a concept in the 1500s and its use to justify slavery, colonialism, genocide of indigenous...
Inequality, Segregation, Defining, Evil, Degrading, and Culture.
Tyler Henry, Ladera Ranch, CA In history, race has been used to segregate, define, and degrade people. It also has been used to raise people...
A Social Construct, Race Matters Everywhere
Mohammad Salem Shirzad, Sacramento, CA. As an afghan immigrant, I have witnessed the roots of race in different geographical and social contexts, from Afghanistan to...
I didn’t think it was real!
Toya James, Albuquerque, NM. I am biracial (Black/White) and born in Cleveland in 1959. By “it” I mean race. I thought more people knew race...
We’re one people on one planet.
Jedd Birkner, Torrance, CA. Race is a social construct. Prejudice is a way of expressing ignorance and fear. Senseless hatred is passed from generation to...
(Why are) My ancestors still effecting my life
Shaun Donovan, Wales. I hear people still talking about the past, still thinking like the past as if it were today . Everything we know...
Race Doesn’t Exist, We Create It
Jenna DeBell, LONGWOOD, FL. Race doesn’t exist, we create it. The concept of race has always baffled me. Judging a person’s character, intelligence and abilities...
Race is socially constructed to oppress
Carla Corroto, Columbus, OH. Race is a socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that DOMINANT members of a society consider important,...
“You’re Not Chinese; You are Filipino!”
As a 12 year old, I had encountered in many times where people say very messed up things including something racist. Since I’m a brother...
Less fighting, more talking about it!
I have not experienced racism. It’s as flat as that. My whole family are nice people and I have not been exposed to racism. However,...
