I’m still discovering who I am.
Barry Kyrklund, Flowery Branch, GA Adopted, discovered, and still discovering more biological connections.
I’ll embrace who I am always
Brittany Sanchez, Frederick, MD My background has a large impact on the type of person I am today. Through my family and culture I motivated...
This is just who I am
Yeonsu Park, Korea We’re just the same human beings. I want to live equally without discrimination in any race. There are many prejudices about Korea....
I am not one for boxes.
Denise Duvernay, Cupertino, CA. People are always trying to figure out exactly, what I am. But does learning my nationality, ethnicity, religion, sexual background, or...
Ask who not what I am
Martha S. Jones, Ann Arbor, MI. Submitted via Twitter: @marthasjonesUM #TheRaceCardProject @michele_norris
My race isn’t who I am
Jackson R Barnes, Ferrum, VA. My race/ ethnicity hasn’t effected me in the slightest. I have not been discriminated against or any other of these...
I am who I am, ME!
Debra Rosenberg, Phoenix, AZ. I am the person I am meant to be, and proud to be a Jew even though growing up I knew...
Ask WHO I am, not WHAT.
Jessica Hong, Philadelphia, PA. As an Asian American, people often ask “what” I am within the first 20 minutes (or sometimes 20 seconds!) of meeting...
1/2 Black; 1/4 Chinese; 1/4 Norwegian
Jordan Yee Fremont, CA The biggest illusion is the illusion of SEPARATION. We all have the same roots and we are all branches of the...
Invisible lines drawn with invisible ink
Tess Aaronson, Worcester, MA. I am a race that is not connected to a skin color. Races and cultures are not defined by an individual...
Shamed for being who I am
Avery, Los Angeles, CA. All throughout my life I’ve felt many challenges that come along with my race. All throughout elementary school, when I was...
Proud to be who I am.
Denise, Italy. If you resort to insulting others to “make your point,” the only point you’re making is that you lack credibility and integrity –...
I am who I’ll always be
Cassandra, Cleveland, OH. The process I went through to identify those six words is by realizing the six words that mean the most to me....
