Being biracial and adopted is complicated
Lauren Juanita Hines, Alexandria, VA. I am the American melting pot personified: born to a Mexican father and Caucasian (white, mostly Irish) mother, raised by...
Just another do-good white woman.
Margaret Davenport, Vienna, VA. This was said to me by a black male student in a high school program for disadvantaged but very bright, high...
We plan life so we’re safe.
Jamie Haines, Franklin, VA. As an inter-racial lesbian couple in Virginia, we have to plan carefully. Will that small diner be safe? Can we vacation...
We are not what we were
Kellianne Murtha, Chesapeake, VA. Times have changed, people have changed so why is “race” still thought to be an ongoing problem? We are no longer...
Blood does not Determine Our Family
CALEY CITRO, Stephens City, VA Where we live or who we meet defines us. We grow up around people who are known as friends but...
I won’t bear my ancestor’s sins.
Jonathan T Sciance Norfolk, VA I am me, I want to be judged by my history, not my people’s.
Straight, white male not a privilege
Timothy Cox, Winchester, VA Lord Fairfax Community College All I can say is that I have worked hard for everything I have.
I’m unsure of my own identity
Rosalina Holloway-Vicente, Edinburg, VA I am someone who has always dealt with questions of if I speak Spanish or if I’m Latina & I honestly...
I’m White, but not a racist
Matthew, Winchester, VA I’m surprised that some people actually think that since I’m white, they think I’m racist. There’s a whole theory being taught in...
I don’t owe you my body.
Emily ” Em ” Arrington, Lord Fairfax Community College, VA I chose these 6 words because as someone who was born a ginger female, I...
Why is the pool filled up?
Alonzo Peeke, Morris, MN When I was in 4th grade we moved from Overland Park, KS to Lynchburg, VA. My dad and I would shoot...
I (Filipino) get mistaken as an employee often.
Toni, Winchester, VA There is nothing wrong with it, but it makes you think about how people see you. It happened many times at the...
You’re Too Pretty To Be Black
Akira Lee, Virginia Beach, VA I once had a woman approach me in a restaurant and tell me that I was really pretty. It was...
Not white enough, not black enough
Cassie C., VA As the child of an interracial couple (which are not just black & white but also Native American) that ended in divorce...
What I am, depends on where.
Duhita Mahatmya Centreville, VA The where refers to our position and location in a geographical, social, cultural, and political sense.
