I am a Black Dominican and Jamaican
Brittany Baxter, Lake City, FL I am a first-generation American. I speak English and Spanish I have experienced racism from everyone simply because I don’t...
He probably does not speak English.
Christian Lando, Bakersfield, CA It has been an identity struggle.
Hispanic but also white I think
Claysi Arevalo-Garrido, Union City, CA This is my race card because I never truly know how to identify myself. My parents are from El Salvador...
Blacks say I’m White, WASPs don’t.
Thomas R Gerbasi, Lewiston, NY I’m Sicilian-American. Both sides of my family came to the USA in 1890s The KKK burned a cross on my...
Wow, you speak English really well!
Sharmila Guha, Oakland, CA. It was my first summer job after high school. A man in the lunch room one day tried to ask shy...
Oh, do you speak English? Si.
Loreina Gonzalez, Edwardsville, KS. Imagine not being able to have a proper conversation with anyone, because they all assume you do not speak English. They...
I am always the perpetual foreigner.
Jina Lee, Germantown, MD. No, SRSLY though… I’ve gotten the “Do you speak English?” to “Wow! You actually speak English.” I’m American, and the year...
We can always change the channel.
Audrey Lee Cho, USA. My parents immigrated to America in 1973, with my older brother Lee Wan Young and my sister, Lee Shin. I was...
Every Hispanic Isn’t Always Hispanic Okay?
Mathew Rayne, Houston, TX. Once in awhile you go for a drive and see the people around you enjoying what there doing. Everyone is their...
Engish only, you’re not really Mexican.
Matthew Montoya, Orange, CA I understand Spanish but I can speak fluently. I get embarrassed because fluent Spanish speakers are no help to teach, they...
I’m only allowed to be white
Carrie Hunsinger, Wilmington, DE. I am a 1/2 first generation American. My Mother is American (Detroit) and my father is Dutch (Holland). He’s been here...
“This is America, We Speak English”
Valentin Miranda, Dallas, TX I just find it funny when someone tells me this when I speak Spanish with my mom somewhere public because the...
Hispanic and I only speak English
Marlo Torres, Riverside, CA. I am Puerto Rican and I have always grown up with the question of; You’re Hispanic, why don’t you speak Spanish?...
Mexican really? You dont look mexican.
Priscilla Esparza, Riverside, CA. Living life as a Mexican American is best described by Abraham Quintanilla,”Being Mexican American is tough. Anglos jump all over you...
Watch out Discrimination works both ways
Matthew Spiroff, San Antonio, TX. I moved from a predominately white town Hamburg New York to San Antonio Texas. I am white [English and Bulgarian...
My mom and dad speak English!
R.E.A.L. Talk, High Tech Middle Media Arts, 7th Grade Trailblazer Both my parents grew up in Mexico. When people see me they think they have...
Who doesn’t have a little identity crisis?
Ben, Madison, WI. Every time I think about race, especially when I’m asked to indicate it, I feel three things: anxiety, resentment and shame. Anxiety:...
