Best Audio Book Selection The Seattle Times
The intimacy and authenticity of these responses, anonymous and otherwise, translate well to audio through the aid of a seemingly countless array of narrators. The...
Many of us are carelessly taught.
Nate Martin, Port Angeles, WA Rogers and Hammerstein posited “You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught,” and this certainly applies to blatant, flagrant hatred. But the...
From the shadows into the light
Dulce K Struthers, Mount Vernon, WA I grew up undocumented and am still unlearning my behavior and ways of thinking to not draw attention to...
Indian who was clueless about race
Charuta Apte, Sammamish, WA. I am an Indian, and teach in a under-served community in a school which is equally white, black and hispanic. In...
Asian: Discounted everywhere but HR reports
My experience Seattle, WA People say “reassuring” discounting things like “I never think of Asians as people of color, you’re like white people with funny...
Authentically me, a clash of cultures.
Isabella Le, Seattle, WA Born in the United States, the body of three different cultures that continue to clash with each. Feeling more Vietnamese one...
I’m their mom, not the nanny.
Allison A, Yakima, WA. Sometimes it’s nanny, sometimes it’s babysitter or neighbor, but being asked if I was their grandmother was a first for me....
Earthlings, Our Race is Human Race
Loren Broyles, Spokane, WA. We all have our own path and yet we all want to be happy and avoid suffering.
We are beautifully different, but EQUAL.
Emily Vallies, Spokane, WA. I am happy to participate in a project like this. It is very important to me that people start realizing their...
I am a part of every body
Monica Mary Maul, Lakebay, WA I grew up in the central area of Seattle 1958 through the 1990’s. And my friends were of many skin...
“What are you?” – not a compliment.
Ruby Russoniello Tagaban, Ruston, WA I’ve spent much of my life greeted with “What are you?” It is neither a form of greeting nor an...
Rich white guys run the world
Tracy Staggers, Seattle, WA Obama is what America would like to be, Trump is what America is.
Once uneducated/naive. I’m changing that.
Jordyn Ducotey, Seattle, WA. Recent events have really made me challenge my own thoughts and the perceptions that I have been taught. I consciously make...
She will never have a quinceanera
Alicia Villa, Spokane, WA. Collected from The Race Card Project, Spokane Falls Community College
