Hanging out with people who encourage put a lot of my insecurities to rest.

Anonymous

My truth is I am valuable.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with lower-income families, strip malls, and mean kids.

Kayleigh – St. Louis

I grew up in a world with white people, money, and addiction.

ash – lewiston

I grew up in a world with military families, kids playing together, and mostly white people.

Judie – Eldorado

I grew up in a world with extended family, "coconuts", and discipline.

Nav – Toronto

Hanging out with my family put a lot of my insecurities to rest.

Nav – Toronto

I grew up in a world with love, support, and dysfunction.

Tori

I grew up in a world with pets, a multi-racial family, and financial struggles.

Savannah M – Oakland

A girl called my mother white is the earliest memory I have of feeling different.

Oakland

I grew up in a world with Safety, Education, and Competition.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with security, love, and family.

Lauren – Tauranga

I grew up in a world with love, neighborhood friends, and close family.

Kellie – Louisville

I grew up in a world with Abuse, Alcohol, and Murder.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with 4 elder brothers, 2 elder sisters, and parents.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with drugs, violence, and racism.

Connie – New York

I grew up in a world with abuse, lies, and love.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with sidewalks, both parents, and family vacations.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with love, family, and military community.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with my family, my face, and my friends.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with open fields, yawning silences, and zero people of color.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with Black pride, Family, and love.

Anonymous

Hanging out with My parents put a lot of my insecurities to rest.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with whites, non-adoptees, and italian catholics.

Sophie – Oakland

being told i was adopted at 5 is the earliest memory I have of feeling different.

Sophie – Oakland

Being true to myself means being both jewish and gentile.

Sophie – Oakland

My truth is I'm 1/2 anglo.

Sophie – Oakland

My little white lie is...
I am not half white only.

Sophie – Oakland

I grew up in a world with Reese, Mom, and Dad.

Katie – But

I grew up in a world with mulism, christian, and black.

Anonymous

I knew Jesus was not the son of god is the earliest memory I have of feeling different.

Anonymous

My truth is I am happy with who I am.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with nothing, very little, and everything.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with Love, Rules, and Selflessness.

Anonymous

I grew up in a world with my friends, family, and peace.

Megan Yates – JHB

I grew up in a world with Aisha, Grass, and Jonathan.

Paul – Dallas