“On my mom's side I'm Mexican, and my dad is a white dude.” SidesWhiteMomDadMy DadMy MomMexican Author:Tyler Posey
“As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it might have been hell. But I never got any pressure from my mom and dad to be an athlete.” IfsLittlesHas BeensMightKidsNaturalWhiteHellHappenedMomDadInvolvedRedPressureMy DadAthleteMy MomLittle KidMight Have BeenMom And DadCaliberBeing A DadStepmothersSprinters Author:Brian J. White
“Im married to a white man, and then my daughter came out looking like the whitest white child with blonde hair and blue eyes. And Im like, Omigosh, now what am I going to do? She has my moms features and is lighter than my husband. And my boy is browner than I am. Brown eyes and really tan.” MenChildrenEyeWhiteBoysHairMomHusbandMarriedDaughterBlueMy MomFeaturesBrownMy DaughterMy HusbandWhite ManBlondeBlue EyesLightersMy BoysBrown EyesBlonde Hair Author:Karyn Parsons
“I was brought up bilingual, but there came a point where my mom went back to work and I got a white babysitter, so sadly I lost it. Now I can understand Spanish and put words together, but I don't speak it fluently. I'm ashamed of that.” I CanTogetherLostSpeakWhiteMomMy MomAshamedBack To WorkBabysitter Author:Michael Trevino
“I do remember being teased by my cousins on my mom's side for not being black enough. And then I'd spend the summer with my dad and be sent to all white summer camps where I was 'that black girl.'” EnoughRememberGirlSidesBlackWhiteMomDadSummerMy DadMy MomCampsCousinMy CousinSummer CampBlack Girl Author:Lauren London
“The world has wanted me to speak differently than I speak. You know, I speak like my mom; I speak like, you know, like the whitest white dude; I speak like a Def Comedy Jam comedian doing an impression of a white guy.” WorldWantedGuySpeakWhiteComedyMomMy MomImpressionComedianJamWhite Guys Author:Jordan Peele
“My mom had a Canon AE1 camera and I read the manual and that's basically how I became a photographer. I was in the Baltimore punk scene. I knew it was a special time, so I went out and documented that whole era. I was the only person to really do it of my friends in real black and white, beautiful portraits.” PersonsRealWholeBeautifulBlackWhiteSpecialMomSceneMy FriendsCamerasPhotographerMy MomErasPunkBlack And WhitePortraitsManualsBaltimoreCanonSpecial Times Author:Jeff Vespa
“My dad also survived five divorces, and the women he married cleaned his ass out every time. I used to think my dad got divorced because he wanted new furniture. At one point in my life, all we had left was a wooden box, a 12 black-and-white TV, and a four-man rubber raft for a couch. And yet, I was the coolest kid in third grade. Mom, can we have a sleepover in Christopher Titus' house? They have a raft in the living room! We can row to breakfast in the morning. I can actually be Captain Crunch!” ThinkingMenI CanKidsWantedUsedHouseLeftBlackWhiteRoomsMorningFiveFourTvsMomDadMarriedThirdsMy DadBoxesDivorceAssGradesBreakfastBlack And WhiteCaptainsSurvivedFurnitureDivorcedCouchesLiving RoomRubberCrunchThird GradeSleepovers Author:Christopher Titus
“an the president bring out the voters who were so enthusiastic about him in 2008 and seem a little disenchanted now? Can he bring out young people? Can he bring out Latinos? Can he bring out those white suburban moms?” PeopleLittlesSeemsYoungPresidentWhiteMomVotersEnthusiasticLatinoDisenchanted Author:Anna Quindlen
“Like the guy I was dating. White, liberal, educated. I went to meet his family and I think that they probably didn't know they had a problem with it until he walked in with me. And they definitely had issues. Mom had issues with it. Could not, didn't want to see her son. And I don't think she had anything against me. But it was about her son bringing me home. And I felt that for the first time. I was like, 'Wow, that's deep.' It's really simple: I don't fit their picture.” ThinkingKnowsWantFirstsProblemHomeGuyFeltSimpleWhiteIssuesSonMomFitFirst TimeDatingEducatedWow Author:Sanaa Lathan
“I never heard my mom say, "Not now, I'm busy." But I did have extraordinary experiences that I'm very aware were extraordinary. I mean, I traveled Europe before I was 12 years old, had been to the White House numerous times. Andy Warhol photographed me; Michael Jackson called our house.” YearsMeanHouseWhiteHeardMomEuropeExtraordinaryBusyMy MomWhite HouseTraveledWarhol Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“I think people couldn't really put me in [one race]. I wasn't Mexican, I wasn't white, I wasn't black, I wasn't Asian... I wasn't anything, and I didn't really fit into anybody's group. My dad is Mexican, and my mom is French and Danish.” PeopleThinkingBlackWhiteRaceGroupsMomDadFitMy DadMy MomAsianMexicanDanish Author:Jessica Alba
“My favorite to cook is this recipe I've been making since I was 12 years old with my mom, and it's an angel hair shrimp pasta with tomatoes, feta, garlic, white wine - it's so easy but so fresh and so delicious!” YearsEasyWhiteHairMomAngelWineMy FavoriteMy MomCooksDeliciousRecipesTomatoesPastaGarlicShrimpWhite Wine Author:Devon Windsor
“I existed in a space where my mother was a black woman and my father was a white man. And that's how I saw the world. I was just like, some dads are whites and some moms are black. And that's how it is.” MenWorldMotherFatherBlackSpaceWhiteSawsMomDadWhite ManBlack Women Author:Trevor Noah
“I was really lucky in that my mom and dad never got caught in the act, so to speak. So my mom was caught fraternizing with my dad. My mom was caught, you know, in the building that my father lived in. My mom was caught in a white neighborhood past curfew without the right permits. My mother was caught in transition. And that was key because had she been caught in the act, then, as the law says, she could've spent anywhere up to four years in prison.” KnowsYearsPastLawMotherFatherSpeakWhiteFourBuildingKeysMomDadLuckyPrisonMy DadCaughtMy MomNeighborhoodTransitionPermitFour YearsMom And DadCurfewCaught In The Act Author:Trevor Noah
“My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.” MotherWaitingWhiteFeetTaughtMomHorseMy MomWhite Horse Author:Tyra Banks
“The real estate agent had to go door-to-door in the apartment building we wanted to rent, asking if it was OK for this interracial family - my mom is white and I was a 1-year-old half-African kid - to live in the apartment building.” IfsYearsRealKidsWantedWhiteHalfDoorsBuildingMomAskingMy MomAgentsApartmentEstatesEstate Agents Author:Tom Morello