Share culture, ponder perspectives, embrace uniqueness.
Hunter Curry, Laguna Niguel, CA I am white, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have culture. My father is from Canada, and my mother is...
Being me is unique and beautiful!
Sam Coope, New Hyde Park, NY Growing up, I was always the tomboy type. I loved to play sports and be active. I am someone...
Always felt different. All are unique.
Nona Lynn Simons Orangevale, CA My Six Words: Have you ever felt different from everybody else? I have and sometimes I still do! In the...
Rice is my LIFE. Deal with it.
Emily, Perris, CA. I have NEVER been so proud to be a Filipino-American. My culture is my everything and I would not trade it for...
Before 9/11….Unique, After 9/11….ARAB!
Miriam Piper Colorado Springs, CO Before 9/11 I was just this unique mix of who knows what. I am really Palestinian and White, but no...
Uniquely Made, The American Girl Today
Christina Rains, Riverside, CA. French, Indian, Mexican, Dutch, but American? It is quite clear that you cannot judge individuals by their color. Race in reality...
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...
United yet unique, diverse yet connected.
Dana, San Antonio, TX. Around the world, my white skin and my blonde hair make me easily identifiable as an American. This superficial categorization has...
Race Baiters Are Destroying Our Country
Kimberlee Collins, Gulf Shores, AL. We as a nation of individuals need to be supportive of one another. Each of us are unique and yet...
Proud to be me!
Jacob Russell, Wayne State, Detroit, MI. I’m proud to be me! Because I am unique and am like no other. Race should not divide us...
Difference doesn’t mean wrong, but unique
Angela Han, Korea. There are people who still are racist. I faced them when I was in America, the land of freedom. Because we all...
I am ugly and I’m proud
Noah J. Walker, Detroit, MI. People find unique people weird and ugly and I just think the opposite.
Latino and Gay U.S.A.
Louis E. Perego Moreno, New York, NY. All my life, I have been out of more than one box. However, after wrestling with the subject...
Happiness is accepting who you are.
Yesenia Frausto, Ontario, CA. Everyone is unique in their own ways. Whether it being race, religion, or personal qualities. That is what makes our world...
Dont be afraid to be different.
Allie Cohen, Baltimore, MD. Journalism 175 Class Being unique is what allows the world to be interesting and helps facilitate the creative flow of ideas....
My silence and privilege are wrong.
Brian Jackson, China. I realize now that with my white male privilege, I have a unique position and that my silence is what allows the...
Race makes us unique, not bigots
Shane Webb, Salt Lake, UT. Race was given to us as a gift, whether that gift came from God or Nature is irrelevant. Race makes...
Can’t fit me in a box!
Myriah, Arlington, VA. All my life I’ve gotten the “what are you?” question. It seems to be human nature to try and categorize people in...
