You’re lucky you look ambiguously minority.
Cristina Gonzales, Denver, CO. All throughout my life I’ve worked hard to succeed only to wonder if any success, any award, any accomplishment was truly...
I am not a criminal, statistic, failure
James McCray, Hemet, CA I am not what society has labeled me. I am not a criminal because I am so called African American. I...
“An Intelligent, Independent African American Women!”
Malikah Black, Urbana, IL. Based on stereotypes and neither are my sisters. The media instantly judge African American Women on their many failures, but what...
Don’t ask me why I’m single
Christian Hunter, Shreveport, LA. A lot of guys at school try to ask me out and they don’t understand why I say no. Is it...
I am Latina and I want to prosper.
Angela Cendejas, CA. Too many people suggest that its best that I stay at the junior college in my small town, but I want to...
I am NOT just a statistic
Jeannine Chavez, Huntington Park, CA. As a United States citizen who lives in Los Angeles as a gay Mexican female, it has limited my privileges....
I will not be a statistic
Kyle Glasper Houghton, MA Everything I feel I learn in sociology is telling me that as a black male, life has doomed me to the...
