My child’s not your Learning Experience.
Beth Curren, Bethesda, MD We are a bi-racial family and have experienced the comments of others since the day we brought our child home from...
Mommy, why wasn’t I born white?
Victoria Finney Cambridge, MA I still remember how upset she was when I asked her this. Like I had said something wrong that I shouldn’t...
Only Black in office. Very Isolating
Ursie Bankhead, Buffalo, NY. I have a PhD, have studied race issues. And still struggle in my workplace. Mostly within my own department. I have...
I am the token black girl
Chinna Ford, Vallejo, CA. It’s hard work being the token. You must learn to lighten the mood with an acceptable race joke every so often....
Done Being the Token Black Girl
Ebony, Farmington Hills, MI. I grew up in a place where Black people felt they made it. A suburban community where the majority of residents...
Not black enough to be black
Christina Gibbs, La Habra, CA. Growing up in Orange County all of my life, I grew up around mostly White, Asian, and Mexican people. I...
I am not your token Mexican-American
Angie Estrada, Columbia, SC. I have been struggling with my sister-in-law seemingly using me as her token Mexican-American “friend”. She parades me among her white...
White Privilege Asian Wife Still get it…
Lee, Queens, NY. I live in NYC. A melting pot no? I am one of the few people where I work who is white American....
I’m not racist, my friend’s black
Nick Wheatley, Louisville, KY. I have heard so many people make racist comments and then use this as an excuse for not being racist. Racism...
Stop calling me “token black friend”.
Edirin Davis, Washington, DC. When a friend at a wedding called me their token black friend as a joke, I said “no, im just your...
My hair: bane of my existence
Laura Abercrombie, Mulberry, FL. I am a 27 year old biracial (mother black, father Russian and Romanian Jewish descent) woman. I was born and raised...
She is not a token Latina
Leslie Carver San Diego, CA I am a professor & was profoundly affected when I heard a student talk about having been referred to as...
THE RACE IS IS OUR CENTER
James P. Ayers Ft. Wayne, IN Dear Michele, We enjoyed your Fort Wayne Presentation. My 6 and 5 words in two versions: THE RACE IS...
