“that’s overboard representation!” consider: I exist
Rowen Summer, USA It’s hilarious how people complain about there being “too much” representation in media when a character is part of more than one...
Left Crying in the Bathroom Floor
Charlie, USA. I brought my car in for an oil change (in the predominantly black area I live in) and they told me that it’d...
No. Where are you really from?
Laura S. Gan, Dublin, CA I immigrated to the USA in 1979 when I was 1, as a refugee from what we in the USA...
“Wear your face diapers, no Chinavirus”
Sabrina Chia, USA The actual quotation is “make sure to wear your face diapers, nobody wants the China Virus” and it was said by my...
This country is such a beautiful place
Kelly Mulvany, Chandler, AZ This country is beautiful BECAUSE we are not all white. The variety of cultures and beautiful people ARE what makes America...
I hate South Korean beauty standards.
Ally, USA. I know that in the past, it was better to have lighter skin because that meant you weren’t poor, but now, with all...
Black, Gay, Dyslexia, Creative, Technology, Fun
Rob Bexter, USA Do what you want. Don’t let anybody stop you!
Stop talking like a white girl
Jasmine Baker East Lansing, MI Growing up I was placed in the gifted and talented program in my elementary school. I learned to speak what...
Afraid Canada is becoming the USA
Virginia Junkin, Canada Thank you for this project and your wonderful, educational book. Should be a text book in US history classes instead of Rise...
My Japanese half, GI dad unknown.
Katherine Suszczewicz USA When you don’t know, your imagination will choose to make something up. Over and over again.
I’m gay; with pride and fear.
Mark Albin, South Bend, IN I love the person I am, but I also sometimes fear that other people, that strangers, will hurt me. My...
