I look good because I’m ME
Katherine Finn, Virginia Beach, VA. I do not look good for a white girl, or look good because I am white… I am me, and...
You’re in America now, speak English!
Amalia Pagán, Virginia Beach, VA Teaching Learning and Education (TLED) Old Dominion University.
When did “enunciating” mean “sounding white?”
Skye Carr, Virginia Beach, VA. Throughout middle school and high school, people used to always call me an “Oreo” because I was one of the...
Good Lord, that girl is white!
Kristen, Virginia Beach, VA. I have ALWAYS been pale. Like so pale its embarrassing to wear shorts (especially in the beginning of the summer). If...
There’s more to me than color.
Christina Veland, Virginia Beach, VA Throughout my entire life, I have heard the phrase “well, of course you’re good at that. You’re Asian!” But there...
Racism now denies that Racism exists.
Kristina Weems, Virginia Beach, VA. In order to implement any real change, we must take off our blinders and cure our cultures ignorance. Love needs...
My child is of human race
Ngan Lam, Virginia Beach, VA. I learned race, prejudice, racism, stereotype, and developed my own personal biases, but when I look at my child I...
“Why do you ‘play’ a slave?”
Nicole A. Moore, Virginia Beach, VA. Submitted via Twitter: @namoore Nicole Moore, Public Historian, Blogger, Consultant and Interpreter of...
Mugged…Most assume black mugger…wrong
Lynne Moffitt, Virginia Beach, VA. When I was living in Louisville, I came home from work and was mugged when I got out of my...
3 percent Irish? How’d that happen?
Tee Virginia Beach, VA I would love to find the answer to that, and many other questions…
My culture isn’t a fashion statement.
Meghan Morris Virginia Beach, VA I am Native American (Cherokee Nation), and it is frustrating to see people appropriating ceremonial or traditional Native American accessories...
