What to Do With Your White Guilt
Author Hilary Giovale knows that moving through guilt into accountability creates necessary change鈥攆or yourself and others.
Identity
In Cuba, Afro Hair Honors Identity and Cultural Roots
As a historian and hairstylist, the owner of community salon Rizo Libre wants her services to go far beyond hair.
Food as a Portal鈥攖o Myself
鈥淚n my blood is a culture that is inextricable from its food. How could I reclaim this after years of denying myself this birthright?鈥�
Identity and Islamophobia in a Post-9/11 Graphic Novel for Teens
In 鈥淧iece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin鈥檚 Hijab,鈥� a young teen struggles to define her identity in the aftermath of a hate crime.
Shapeshifting: Discovering the 鈥淲e鈥� in Mixed-Race Experiences
For mixed-race people, especially those of us who have one White parent, the answers to questions of identity can be confusing to sort out.
Pieces: An Exploration of Mixed-Asian Identity
鈥淲ithin me, I hold two cultures, two ancestries that sometimes feel at odds with each other. But when they exist in me, they create something that is simultaneously both and neither.鈥�
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