We are people, not your mascots.
Jacob K Tingle, San Antonio, TX. As the grandson of an Oklahoma Choctaw, I am deeply sensitive to the negative impact of stereotypes. Though no...
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...
“Look, She throws like a girl!”
Riley Hill, West Chester, PA For me, growing up I was just a little tom boy girl that loved to play sports and be outside....
Being me is unique and beautiful!
Sam Coope, New Hyde Park, NY Growing up, I was always the tomboy type. I loved to play sports and be active. I am someone...
Girls are different? Sorry, didn’t know.
Katharine Corona, CA When I was young I grew up on a street with boys and ended up being a pretty big tomboy. I enjoyed...
My coach was a black woman.
Anonymous, Montgomery, TX Diane Nappier was raised in Hartford Connecticut and came to the mostly white community of Suffield, Connecticut in 1974 to teach physical...
Go Back To Your Own Country
Aixa Rojas, El Paso, TX I am told by a blonde girl from the opposite team while we leave the locker room at the State...
The reparations will never end now
John, England Before I had any sense of nuance, I looked at race relations across the pond and here in the UK, the way the...
A game against the racist ref
Mark DiPirro, Durham, NH Back when I played club soccer for an organization called the World Cup, I had an African American coach. Our team...
Even a poor conversation beats silence.
Nicholas Howe, Northhampton, MA. Smith College I attended a mixed-race suburban public high school in Connecticut, where I competed on both the swim team and...
I get called Mexican a lot.
Alex Weitz, Lakeland, FL. It is because I play soccer (that’s also six words)
Academically smart, Athletically ungifted
Ed Wang, West Lafayette, IN. As an Asian living in the U.S., I have been underestimated my whole life and probably will for the rest...
Don’t Classify Sports for a Race
Jaer Medina, 8th Grade Holland New Tech High School, Holland, MI Tennis has been considered a “white” people sport the same as how soccer is...
I’m tall, but don’t play basketball.
Alexis Fink, Altoona, PA. I’m a 6′ female and the most frequent question I’m asked is if I play basketball.
Love soccer; not because I’m Mexican.
Mina Perez Holland, MI A lot of people think that “soccer” is just for Mexicans. But in reality soccer is for anyone to play, it...
Hated for being a white coach
Michael, Beaumont, CA. I was hated for being a white football coach in a nearly all black school. It didn’t matter that I had the...
