Yes, he is my biological son.
Naomi Raquel Enright Brooklyn, NY My father was Jewish-American of Eastern European ancestry and my mother is from Guayaquil, Ecuador of African, Spanish, and Native...
Is this what racism feels like?
Christine Boston, MA I was shopping with a dear friend and her two children. She needed to use the restroom so I gladly took her...
Can’t forget; brownness makes me different.
Ananya Kepper Santa Monica, CA I walk around feeling like myself, not like an Indian woman in a sea of white people. It still catches...
You don’t look like you’re Chinese
Jacqueline Larriva Tucson, AZ I call myself Mexinese. My mother is Chinese and my father is Mexican. I am often asked questions about my racial...
You don’t look like a Latina
Marie-Elena Reyes Portland, OR I have been speechless when told this (often by white women). The first time, I was angry and hurt to hear...
Oh wow, you don’t LOOK Jewish.
Anonymous, Austin, TX I’ve always found it troubling to see the look on people’s faces when they find out I’m Jewish, as if I had...
But your kids don’t look Mexican
Patricia Johnston Walpole, MA On behalf of my children, who are indeed Mexican.
I don’t belong anywhere but here.
Elena Zamarripa-Gray CA, USA Where are you from? Everywhere and nowhere. My Mexican, basque, Japanese father and Scottish, Canadian mother made me tall, beautiful, and...
Bi-Racial: I’m not “Mexican” enough?
Monica Santa Monica, CA I grew up in Texas in a small town where the population is roughly half Mexican and half white (German, Polish,...
Really? Because you don’t look Cuban.
Carina Tillan Hallandale, FL My rebuttal to that is usually “Then what am I supposed to look like?” You’d be surprised how often people realize...
