Too tan but not tan enough
Madison Tounsley, Pleasant Hill, IA I am a 19 year old woman who has battled with my ethnicity/race growing up. I am part Asian and...
I have white skin with acne
Elijah Hungerford, Elmira, NY While some have control over their acne, mine can be totally out of hand whether I like it or not, no...
White skin and Blue eyed Native
Liberty Cullen, Saint Ignace, MI My white skin and blue eyes do not change the native blood in my body.
Mon Dieu! Mais vous êtes blanche!
Shari Miller Polk City, IA My junior year of college, I was studying abroad in Paris, France. I had joined a gym while over there,...
See me not my white skin
Susanna Lee, Roanoke, IN. I have lived in a world of “white privilege” my entire life. I didn’t ask for it, I did nothing to...
Blond hair, white skin, he’s jewish
Thomas Larsen Ann Arbor, MI I have said it over and over, that I actually am not Jewish, but every time I say so they...
Never complete, white skin, African soul
H. Allan White, Huntersville, NC My earliest and formative years were spent in an era of segregation and the early trials of desegregation. Despite an...
My African Curls, Scottish White Skin
William (Bill) Roderick Wilson, United Kingdom Where did I get my curls ? Growing up in Scotland in the 1950’s I was one of 5...
No, I am not a foreigner.
Denise Valstar, Netherlands Very often people ask me where I am from. I am born in the Netherlands, my parents are born here. The only...
My white skin: my guaranteed protection
Delaney, Amarillo, TX Since I am a white woman, the world doesn’t see me as a threat or danger. I have the privilege of walking...
Outside I’m White. Inside I’m Hispanic
Adrianna, Yarmouth, IA I have been privileged with white skin and what would be considered mundane ‘caucasian features’. For this I never had to experience...
Mzungu: Kenyans say, white skin human heart
Crystal Gregory, Kenya. An American by birth, I live in East Africa. Here my neighbors assume because of my skin I am rich, beautiful, or...
United yet unique, diverse yet connected.
Dana, San Antonio, TX. Around the world, my white skin and my blonde hair make me easily identifiable as an American. This superficial categorization has...
Puerto Rican. Mexican. Caucasian. That’s me.
Carissa Renee Chacon, Wayne State, Detroit, MI Born with the curliest, thickest dark brown hair (well now it’s auburn). Hazel eyes that have green and...
Being judged bad for white skin
Terri, West Roxbury, MA Feels like a war happened, I woke up, and my country was taken over, and I have to behave by new...
Our daughters look like both of us
Heather, CA My husband and I have two beautiful daughters. Both of our girls have white skin, light brown hair, and brown eyes. When looking...
Not everyone who looks white (is white)
Sandra Miller, USA There is only one race – human. I am proud of my Semitic heritage, and I check other.
