https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw Think back to a time when you received messages about race. How old were you? Who said it? What did they say? Was the message +/-/~? en-us 2020-09-28 08:10:05 UTC 2025-12-05 02:41:52 UTC hello@padlet.com rebbykern https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671799 When I was in high school I dated an Indian girl. My parents did not mind but my grandparents were very bothered and would make jokes constantly. They would talk about how it was just a phase and that i would "get my head straight" eventually.]]> 2020-09-28 08:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671799 rebbykern https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671805 Growing up I was always asked "where are you *really* from? because of my looks. The way I look was never in line with people's perception of what my ethnicity or nationality should look like. I knew that my skin+hair color played a huge roll in my identity. ]]> 2020-09-28 08:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671805 rebbykern https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671809 I went to a mostly white, small, private college. When a person of color that my friends didn't recognize was on campus or at a party, it was automatically assumed there were "such and such's" friend from urban Chicago. Like, they couldn't possibly be a student at our small, private school.]]> 2020-09-28 08:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671809 rebbykern https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671817 My Mom's family is Indian (Punjabi Sikh) and when growing up, skin lightening was a common topic and seemed to be talked about like it was normal for light skin to be prioritized.]]> 2020-09-28 08:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671817 rebbykern https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671818 I remember moving at a young age and when my parents were looking for houses I can vividly remember to conversation around where they were looking and why. Who they were buying from and why.]]> 2020-09-28 08:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671818 rebbykern https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671822 I grew up in a very small Midwestern town that was segregated between white people and Hispanic people. We were told that it was best to keep the races separate. ]]> 2020-09-28 08:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rebbykern/7ubd1rln5ke9savw/wish/783671822