I get sunburned in ten minutes.
Christine Leach, San Francisco, CA. If the sun is intense enough, I can and have gotten sunburned in ten minutes, literally. I joke with my...
Skin color is a coping strategy.
Matthew Mark, Aliso Viejo, CA Skin color changes varies with the environmental conditions one lives in. Melanin is due to biological evolution and it is...
Taunted by Whites for being untanned.
Marcia S Davis, Holland, MI Since I was a kid and into adulthood, I’ve heard people say to me, a Caucasian, “You’re so white!” “You...
Hated sunburns, wished I was black.
Donna Cook, Roseville, MN. I have very fair skin, Fitzpatrick Scale I, and growing up in Los Angeles meant lots of unintended, fairly serious, and...
I’m Pasty and I Know It
Abby Korschgen, Burlington, IA People have always been around me showing off their tan, but no matter how hard I try, I can’t tan. I...
We identify as “Red Sox fans.”
Rachel Gonzales Pottstown, PA I’m the whitest woman who ever lived (except in the summer, when I’m the sunburniest woman who ever lived). He’s half-Mexican...
I’m white. I’m just plain white.
Sara Fairview, OR I’m white. I’m just plain white. My mother is very proud of her Irish heritage, and my father is very proud of...
