Strength is black on both sides
Sedrick Ivey, USA It’s a harsh truth but we do live in a white man’s world. To thrive and succeed in life it often feels...
Divide in America demands one listen
When I entered high school, I quickly learned terms like white privilege, white fragility, and microaggressions, which challenged my identity. While I understood I benefited...
You aren’t Hispanic if you don’t…
Jimena, USA Hispanics have certain foods and customs that we are supposed to like and do. If someone doesn’t like a certain type of food,...
I hate being called a “white boy”
Anonymous, USA. “White boy”, , , . What I don’t understand is why there has always had to be a race at the bottom. No...
I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Understand.
Wally Longwell, USA I don’t think white people/racial majorities, including myself, truly grasp that they won’t ever feel how it feels to be a truly...
Voluntary Segregation Is The Only Answer
J. Conway, USA My grandparents were against segregation until my parents school was desegregated in the 1960’s and suddenly it became a tribal battleground. Black...
Do you know them sweetheart?
Anonymous, USA I was with my brother and sister in law and I´m white, my brother is half black and my sister in law is...
What is the term Pinoy Pride?
Michael Lobaton, USA Nearly all my life I’ve heard the term “Pinoy Pride.” A term that I’ve used myself and many other filipinos/filipinas alike, essentially...
People use pigment to write stories.
Corazon Johnston New Orleans, LA Aspen X Beyond the fact that ink is pigment we use to write on paper, skin color creates circumstances of...
Wishing for a happily ever after.
Shania, USA. She is tired of all the cooking and cleaning. She just wants to be a normal girl and be free.
Please do not touch my hair
Shardae, USA Often times I switch up my hair up, whenever I show my natural curly kinky hair it gets so much attention. People think...
Latinx didn’t come to steal job
Jeysi Guillen, New Orleans, LA Aspen X The stereotypes that a lot of people have about Latinx in America.
People of Quality Respect Race Equality
Saheba Cuccia, New Orleans, LA. Aspen X Adopted and raised in the South, I have seen and heard of the racial barriers that some people...
Refuse to follow the racial constructs.
Racquel Picou, New Orleans, LA. Aspen X To me race is just a social and political construct that is very binding. A reason for humans...
South Texas Born, Melting Pot Raised
Jerheme Urban, Trinity University I am very proud of the fact that I was born in south Texas, a location steeped with history and tradition....
