
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...
The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Alex Weitz, Lakeland, FL. It is because I play soccer (that’s also six words)
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...
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...
Alexis Fink, Altoona, PA. I’m a 6′ female and the most frequent question I’m asked is if I play basketball.
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...
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...