Mixed Race Marriages are very hard
Vicki Dallas, TX I’m half Korean and Half White. As I grew up in an environment where I saw my parents overcome language and cultural...
Black male in hoodie equals trouble
Doug King El Paso, TX Popular culture in the black community has done a very good job of portraying young black males as a menace...
Oh wow, you don’t LOOK Jewish.
Anonymous, Austin, TX I’ve always found it troubling to see the look on people’s faces when they find out I’m Jewish, as if I had...
Ever wish you were not Black?
Jerome Tilghman El Paso, TX When I was young, I remember days when I wished I wasn’t. Anglos seemed to have the best of everything...
But your last name is Decker?
Michael Decker Austin, TX In Texas, the dominant ethnicities are German and Mexican. Over the past two hundred years, these two have mixed greatly —...
Hispanic does not necessarily mean “Mexican”
Jose Caceres San Antonio, TX I am from Peru, living in Texas for the last 9 years. It is quite common around here to call...
“Was your dad in the military?”
Lisa Crawford Austin, TX This is a question I’ve heard many times in my life–usually as a follow up to questions like “What’s your background?”...
Race-neutral name, foot in the door
Meredith TX Growing up as a Black girl named Meredith wasn’t easy. I was teased about it a lot. But as I entered adulthood I...
We segregate ourselves; a terrible sight.
Samuel David Battle Austin, TX People segregate themselves into their own little groups, racially or otherwise, even though government-enforced segregation was banned decades ago. I...
White Privilege is a Myth.
L Williams San Antonio, TX Everyone makes their own way; no one is entitled to anything but the Works of their own hands.
white line moved off the bus
Thomas H. Watkins Austin, TX In the early 50s I was a student in the 8th grade in a town in deep east Texas. On...
Born Samoan, raised White, identity undecided.
Karen Grabowski Houston, TX When I was a little girl, strangers would ask me if my mommy is white and my daddy is black. Now...
Human race is the only race
Olaf Schroeder, Houston, TX. As a naturalized citizen, born of one culture, and transplanted into the American culture, maybe I have the advantage of another...
