The plantation haunts my gay marriage.
Erik Shawn Frampton, Charlotte, NC. I am the descendant of a line of plantation owners in South Carolina. As a gay man, my upcoming marriage...
Nobody talks about my ancestors struggle.
Anonymous, USA I’m the great-grandson of Irish immigrants who came to this country to escape famine, persecution, and poverty. However, nobody seems to talk or...
Hesci, hello, I am Poarch Creek.
Elizabeth McGhee, Tuscaloosa, AL. A couple years ago I got to be a part of one of the best experiences of my life. I was...
Puerto Rico’s joys, sorrows and struggles
Alanna Rodriguez, Harrisonburg, VA Puerto Rico is a place where corruption has been very marked, as in other countries of the world, and its people...
So privileged but yet so overlooked
CP, Freeport, IL As an white male I feel apart of a group of people that aren’t discriminated against but overlooked. I’ve never felt any...
Trapped Brown Girl with Red Blood
Michele George, Author, Columbus, OH. The struggle of being born in a brown body is heavy. Society treats ‘us’ as though we choose to have...
Just want credit it is due.
Jasmine Shabazz, Beachwood, Ohio. So, never once have I blamed the white kids and there families for slavery. Never once did I say there ancestors...
Sorry for sins of my ancestors
Katie, Salem, OR I struggle with feeling heavy and saddened by the history of the United States. I want to do my best to protect...
Being conspicuous is a daily struggle
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The cultural struggle is truly endless.
Nelly Shulman, Russia I am Jewish, Russian. Finnish and German. I have a very strong Jewish identity and no less strong Russian identity and they...
“You can pass.” Lifetime identity struggle.
Erica Jameson, Ashland, OR. My parents adopted five muti-racial children, something unheard of in the rural mountain town we lived in. Between being confused about...
Latkes or lumpia- beautiful Hapa struggle
Ann Hirschhorn, Silver Spring, MD. My parents grew up in a time where interracial couples were criticized for diluting the race of their children. My...
Busing: white girl, black schools, lonely
Clara Silverstein, Boston, MA. As one of the white children in Richmond, Virginia in the 1970s whose family willingly participated in busing, I had few...
I’m not proud of being a WASP.
Nancy MacLeod, Philo, CA. I have ancestors that came to America in 1630- among the 1st to take advantage of the indigenous people. What is...
I’m rich because I’m from here
Madi, Scottsdale, AZ Actually, this is the opposite of what is true, but what everyone assumes. I’m from Scottsdale, Arizona where there are many extremely...
I will make reparations to you.
Jane Cavazos, San Antonio, TX I have been reading the stories of African Americans for several years–their struggles, triumphs, setbacks and progress…I feel badly about...
