I had never felt so uncomfortable.
Jennifer Ashland, KY I am from a small city in Kentucky… people automatically think “Do you have your teeth”, “Do you wear shoes”, “She hates “colored” people”.. while all of these are simply...
View ArticleThe consequences of liking black guys.
Julie Naski Ann Arbor, MI Understanding Race Project- University of Michigan As a white female, I have found that it is easier to keep my mouth shut when it comes to my attraction to black guys. When I...
View ArticleYou Talk Like A White Girl
Dominique Houston San Diego, CA The moment I open my mouth, I am often told that my speech betrays my skin.
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Hidden minority under my white skin.
Lisa Aragon Duque San Diego, CA Growing up Hispanic from New Mexico, in Hawaii, mistaken for a white girl. I was neither accepted nor rejected. I felt stuck in the middle. I felt wholly Hispanic in a...
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But you don’t look Puerto Rican
Natalia de Cuba Romero Massapequa Park, NY IN my heart and in my head I have always thought of myself as Puerto Rican, Born in Queens, NY to a Puerto Rican mom and a dad from Aruba and a bilingual...
View ArticlePoor little middle class white girl
Nina Haug Richardson, TX While applying for college, I realized that I have no “hook” – the box, story, or line that might make me more than just another high-achieving middle class white girl applying...
View ArticleWhite girl. Black school. Called “slave owner.”
Erin Murphy Barling, AK I grew up in a mostly African American neighborhood outside Miami, Florida. My friends never made me feel out of place but the other 60% of the students at the schools I...
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Bland white girl seeks racial identity.
Pamela Russell Bejerano Portland, OR As a white girl growing up, I always felt I had no culture. As an adult, I realized that what I was seeking was a racial identity. But I am discovering daily that...
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Mexican white girl, doesn’t speak Spanish.
Elysha O’Brien Las Vegas, NV Whites see me as Mexican, Mexicans view me as White because I don’t speak Spanish. I find it interesting that we don’t qualify other ethnic identities on the basis of...
View ArticleWhite girl is not color blind
Lori Draper Seward, AK People have stated that colorblindness is good. Really??
View ArticleBorn in Hawaii, minority white girl.
Lael Weyenberg Worthington, OH Growing up white in Hawaii is a unique experience in race – you’re a minority in number but not an “economic minority”. You watch yourself and don’t act better than...
View Article“White Girl” was my name until college.
Samantha McFadden New York, NY I grew up outside of New York in a city that was definitely more urban than suburban. I spent the majority of my childhood being referred to as “that white girl” by my...
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Married a white girl, now what??
Kyle Lim Grand Rapids, MI As a biracial individual, I learned early-on how to de-emphasize certain aspects of my racial identity depending on who I was around. When I met my wife Claire, we were both...
View ArticleSouthern pride and side of guilt.
Jessica Wright Athens, GA I have grown up denouncing my Southern birth and heritage. My parents aren’t Southern and disliked its racist past. As a white girl, who am I?
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Learning I was a white girl
Rachel Robbins San Francisco, CA When I was child, we didn’t really have the commonly held words and concepts regarding the identities of biracial people the way we now do. So I was understandably a...
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