Andrew Jaden Tiu

Asian-American, Male, Story

Untitled There were times where I didn’t want my culture to define me. The word chink surfaced for the first time in middle school when I laughed at a joke that is no longer funny. I didn’t really understand the harm when I first heard it because I...

Anonymous Slug

Story

Blonde Hair and Blue Eyes When I was younger, I didn’t know what stereotypes were. I didn’t know what racism was, or how discrimination can refrain someone from getting a job. Growing up, I was never taught that I was a minority, and that there were...

Ethan Williams

Male, Story, White

Untitled I looked out the window, silently comparing the scenery to that which I was used to seeing back home in a suburb of Los Angeles. My Grandpa had picked me up from the airport and we were on our way driving to where he lived in Omaha, Nebraska. He is an old man...