Why do you think I’m different?

Natasha Sykes
Saint Louis, MO

Biracial. New Kid. Moving all the time. Never fitting in.

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I'm Appalachian--it's an invisible ethnicity

I felt what you have felt

My dear friend's current life below

Stories should be told, not hidden

I ate pasta, family ate rice.

Race? Culture? Do we know which?

What did we lose becoming white?

I hate being called white girl

He put pickles in my pancakes.

Am I American o de alla

Racism is an ego-based human dysfuntion

Poor white trash, not welcome here.

A Teacher Who Looks Like Me

Your child is milking her race

Do you make your own tortillas?

People use pigment to write stories.

Was all the suffering worth it?

I am BLACK & PROUD, always & forever.

No white woman cooks like that

Wishing for a happily ever after.

I'm just an American outside America!

Increasing my understanding through travel experiences.

Don't Bring Home No White Girls

Child travelling: This IS my mom!

You Must Be Mixed With Something

We'll stop traveling to Florida now.

What Are You Not Understanding Still

You sound white on the radio.

I didn't know you were black

Please do not touch my hair

All I Know Is Native American

Who knew Hispanics could be Native?

The Art and Racket of Passing

No...None of us were adopted

B/c I have to think about it...

Cute when thin, angry when fat

Family love comes from open hearts.

I will never really ‘get it’.

My family's Chinese, Jewish and Gay

I can't talk to my grandparents.

The Language I wish I Spoke

Don’t make assumptions on my race.

I can see and hear you

Black people don't forget the past.

Social hierarchy made for white people

Look Asian but culturally I wasn't

Walk a mile in their shoes

My outfit is not an invitation

I look white...privileged and disrespected

I go out and line dance

Together we are strongest, why discriminate?

I will not do your homework

Why don't I look like them?

Scared to say the wrong thing

Two white children in Halloween photo

Taunted guero: friends and foes alike

No, I won't do your homework

Family trees can tell you more

College is hard, at least I try

White folk need more Black friends.

Want to get fired? Discuss race.

Afraid to mention the colour ‘black’.

I'm not that A+ Aisan student.

He stood. She sat. For equality.

Race keeps us away by jobs

I'm sorry I'm staring at you.

Thank You Seretse and Ruth Khama

Can you speak Indian for me?

I never thought you'd like this.

I compose music. But I'm brown.

Somewhere between Salsa and Country!

Expansive Roots, Exquisite Tongues, Diversity Perpetuated

This precious boy born of love.

I'm not on the color spectrum

Miles, Duke, Ella. Music conquers race.

10 Mile Move Flipped the Grid

Biracial by birth, Black by choice

View perceived differences as valuable opportunity.

I feel more hispanic than white

Not Just Any Other White Girl

Grandmother looked Indian, why the mystery?

She wishes for American eyes.

My mother taught me without words.

Norwegian with nappy hair doesn't fit.

Looking at me you don't see

I'm not adopted! I'm mixed-race.

Got tired of straightening my hair

Scottish West India. Kilts and coconuts.

LuElla's quilt has kept me warm

Red head mother angry unbroken strong
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"We are seventh graders at High Tech Middle Media Arts striving for change, so silence is not an option."
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