by Willow Delp | 4 May 2021 | African Leadership Academy, Art, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Youth Voices
I’m a mix of black Jamaican and white American. My distinctive identity is both a target of hatred and my weapon for fighting injustice. A demonstrator at a protest against racism in Berlin, Germany, 6 June 2020 (Friedrich...
by Defne Egbo | 9 Feb 2018 | Americas, Islam, Personal Reflections, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Thacher School, United States, Youth Voices
Being biracial should be simple: you are composed of half of each parent’s race. But I’ve discovered the reality is anything but. A mixed race couple with their twin sons, Washington, DC, 11 June 2008. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) My parents are not of the...
