The Race Card Project
By Michele Norris
Lakeesha Graves,
Richmond, TX
Black and White yet too black for white people and too white for some black people. Where do I belong? Why can’t I be black? Why do I have to be white? Why can’t I be white? Why do I have to be black? Why is my contradictory thinking considered “white thinking” to black people? It is all so confusing?
Aimiee Gauvreau,
Redondo Beach, CA.
I’m almost 47 now; I felt more alone as a child and teenager of the 70s and 80s.
I teach high school English in a beautiful California beach community, and the kids are more open now, yet I see how the aloneness persists within them too.
Maybe in another 50 years, people like me will not question where they belong anymore.
Manuel Catalan,
Lompoc, CA.
Being a Mexican American always makes me think about how race affects everyone. I was born in the United States but my family comes from Mexico, although I look like I could’ve been born in Mexico myself. I serve in the U.S Marine Corps and I get to experience and meet the many different people of different races and cultures that put their differences aside and work together as a team. The best part about realizing the difference in races is that those differences are what brings us together. Learning about each culture and race helps to understand better where someone is coming from and what they’re all about.
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