Don’t be scared just love me
Warren Ombayo, Lubbock, TX I’m a College freshman at Texas Tech. My whole life there has always been one teacher or person of public authority...
Too mixed too choose just one!
Tess Escoto, Citrus Heights, CA. My roots are in Texas and Mexico. While some may look at me and say that I appear to be...
I am the ‘perfect’ eldest grandchild
Jordan Esparza, Houston, TX I was always told to be the example of what to do. I come from a mixed family and everyone has...
Beauty, brains, sheltered, judge and envied but loved
Nevaeh Shorter, Irving, TX These six words sketch the real texture of my days as a Black girl growing up. People often tell me I’m...
My Tenth Birthday Was Super Awkward
Wilson Sunny, Sunnyvale, TX I was born September 11th, 1991. Ten years later, a great national tragedy happened within the United States that shook the...
A “white girl” with a unique heritage
Ashlyn Rachelle Sharp, Azle, TX. I hate the term “typical white girl”. Why does a girl whose taste buds enjoy pumpkin spice lattes have to...
God knew what he was doing
Malley Morales, Dallas, TX. Nowhere in the Bible does it say, “and then Jesus whipped his slaves, who were inadequate because of their skin color.”...
I’m Just An Ordinary American Girl
Anonymous, Houston, TX I’m Palestinian and Muslim, but I was born and raised in the United States. I’ve bumped into a few people who’d make...
Yes, that is his daughter, too.
Dania Abreu-Torres San Antonio, TX My husband and I are Puerto Ricans. I am more “white” than he is -He usually was mistaken as a...
When your blueprint is pretty funny
Jilly Bean, Houston, TX The blueprint for my life was etched from a very young age. I was told constantly by everyone that I was...
