“We place huge backpacks on their backs, and we slowly fill them with bricks.”
This Having To Carry The Load Of Their Blackness, It Weighs Them Down
‘The comment read, ‘Their family dynamic doesn’t make sense. They should AT LEAST make families look REAL.’: Mixed-race family responds to hate after commercial
“Companies running ads with people of color isn’t the problem, the fact YOU NOTICED is the problem.”
I Fear For My Family And Random Black Men I Don’t Know, Because Every Last Hashtag Was Someone’s Baby
“This is real life. These are the parts your Black friends don’t tell you, because we exist in the world you create for us in your head.”
‘Go back to your OWN country, slit eyes!’ I was made to feel ASHAMED.’: Asian woman urges ‘break the pattern’ of racism
“Words soon turned into actions. I had my lunch spat in, my hair cut, school bag turned inside out. I had my whole culture mocked out of sheer ignorance.”
‘He’s mixed-race, right? He’ll always have yellow in him.’ I was SHOCKED.’: Asian woman shares experience with racism, ‘Silence is not an option’
“I was quiet. I didn’t want to cause a scene. I didn’t know better.”
‘You’re in the area to buy crack.’ I was alone on the side of the road, my beachball-sized belly hiding under my dress.’: Woman shares encounter with police officer, ‘I felt I didn’t belong’
“The whole situation, I was looking for any other reason for his behaviors outside of race. I didn’t want it to be race related. We never do. Ever.”
‘This is my brown friend.’ I thought they weren’t overtly racist, so they couldn’t BE racist.’: Woman details growing up mixed race
“‘It’s OK, because you’re not one of THOSE,’ friends would say when racial slurs were used around me. I’m going to make sure my daughter is PROUD of her heritage.”
‘I’m angry and sad, but NOT surprised.’: Asian woman urges ‘educate yourself’ after hate crimes
“My heart hurts knowing it could’ve been my family.”
‘I clung to fake hope if I didn’t say anything, they’d love me.’: Asian man shares experiences with racism in wake of hate crimes
“One girl who I really had a crush on made the ‘chink eyes’ as a joke, so I played along, did the same thing. She said, ‘You don’t have to do that.’ I went into the bathroom, looked in the mirror at my chink eyes, and cried.”
‘Stay below the radar. Don’t be trouble.’ But I CAN’T stay silent.’: Woman speaks out against Asian hate
“’No trouble,’ ‘Sorry,’ ‘No English,’ ‘I am no trouble,’ phrases we were taught to use to remain invisible, to not be involved, no matter how many insults are thrown our way.”
