But Your Not Really Black
Damme Getachew, Seattle, WA. My parents are from Ethiopia and so I self-identify as Ethiopian. I’m frequently asked “Where are you from?” as if being...
Latina I am I am me
Carmen Angelica Zapata, Santa Monica, CA. I lived in Spain for a year after growing up in the United States and for the first time...
I’m not a privileged white person.
Anonymous, Concord, NE I was born into a poor family, my father could not find work due to a disability and my mother was a...
Two worlds, where do I belong?
Manuel Catalan, Lompoc, CA. Being a Mexican American always makes me think about how race affects everyone. I was born in the United States but...
I’m actually from the United States
Katherine Ellis, American Fork, UT. I stood alone by the playground, kicking pebbles. Someone approached me and I glanced up eagerly, hoping for a friend....
See me, not my skin color.
Refugio Zavala, Stockton, CA. All throughout my life, people have judged me by the color of my skin. When I was in the United States,...
Racial Construct that won’t stop me
Leonard McReynolds, Atlanta, GA. I’m a black Puerto Rican who lives in the United States. At Times, it makes navigating race relations difficult, for everyone...
Borderlands born. Always illegal. Always home.
Chuy Benitez, Houston, TX. When you grow up at the collision of two countries, of two cultures, of two identities, you learn very quickly the...
From South Africa but not black?
Stefan Svicevic, Lawton, OK. I recently came to study in the United States and I am from South Africa. Since being here a lot of...
Shouldn’t need to defend my race.
Rebecca Hassine, Palo Alto, CA. With racism being such a prominent issue throughout the world, especially within the United States currently due to the hostile...
The Mirror Reminds me I’m Latina
Silvia. My Salvadorian mother came to the United States and wanted us to assimilate. We spoke English in the house and most of my mom’s...
Racial divisions are America’s Achilles heel.
Shirley Hicks, Birmingham, AL. When I came to the United States four years ago, one of the first things I noticed was the racial divides....
Stop using race as an excuse.
Gabrielle Hainley, Caledonia, MI. I understand that there is discrimination and racism in the United States. But, I also see many people of all races,...
Multiple Connection Intersection Context Coalition Unity
Kevin Goodman Ann Arbor, CA In 6 words tried to describe my current place in my journey with race a as young queer ambiguously multiracial...
