https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1 en-us 2020-10-04 13:44:38 UTC 2020-10-04 23:38:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358206 Growing up I was taught that I was Hispanic and nothing else. Father born and raised in Dominican Republic and mother born and raised in Puerto Rico. It was not until college that I started to learn more about my culture and realized why my skin color was a certain shade and my hair was a certain coil and texture. I now identify as a black woman when people ask what my race with but I also acknowledge my hispanic background as well.]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358206 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358354 When I was bullied for being the only Black person in the classroom when I was in Middle school. ]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358354 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358421 In 5th grade]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358421 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358437 Having to take ESL classes in elementary.]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358437 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358564 HS, some people who were white would always ask me if I could twerk and that I was funny because the way I acted was so "ratchet".]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358564 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358594 The 1st time I realized I was Latina was when I took a school trip to Carnegie Hall]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358594 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358655 The first time I realized I was Latinx was when a boy in elementary school told me I looked really tan when it started to get closer to summertime and made fun of me for it.]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358655 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358657 When I was younger I did not recognize race. At that time in my life, I saw everyone as the same and I never labeled anyone. My childhood best friend was black. It wasn't until I was much older and after I moved out of the area that I ever identified him as black and ultimately the first time I ever recognized myself as white. 

]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358657 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358702 I was 2 or 3 ]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358702 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358777 in elementary school when i first moved to the US, I made a friend, she was speaking about her crush and I agreed with her that she was cute, she then told me "he 'date black girls tho, he doesn't like black girls"]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358777 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358798 First time i realized was when i moved from far rockaway to long island and was the only black kid at the park]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358798 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358853 I would say high school.

]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:37 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358853 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358920 When I asked my parents where they're from.]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358920 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358940 When I first moved to Binghamton at 5 years old 

]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358940 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358951 In Elementary school
 ]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358951 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358967 I remember learning about what racism was in middle school and not understanding why people would be treated differently based on the color of their skin]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358967 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358992
When I first moved to the US]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801358992 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359009 When I was 4 or 5 and my grandmother was uncomfortable buying the black bitty baby doll for me because I am white. I always thought the black baby dolls were prettier, I didnt understand why my grandma considered it to be inappropriate. ]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359009 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359054 2020-10-04 23:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359054 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359073 When I was in 5-6]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359073 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359104 3 or 4]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359104 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359117 When I spoke Spanish at home and English at school]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359117 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359119 high school]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359119 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359126 When I spoke spanish out in public with my mom and we got looks

]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359126 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359131 2020-10-04 23:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359131 mgatti2001 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359133 The first time I realized I was white and had a privilege in society was when cops stopped me and my friend who was Mexican on the train and I was asked 0 questions of what I was doing on the train, yet he was asked why he was there and was repeatedly questioned until we were both allowed to go on our way. ]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359133 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359147 8 years old]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359147 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359148 I was in second grade when I went on a trip to NYC with my mom. I was raised in a very small, predominantly white town upstate. I had rarely ever seen a person of color before. I grew up in a very sheltered small town and I just remember being in like an awe that there were so many different people with all different  backgrounds that I had never had the chance to learn about up until that point.
 ]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359148 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359205 The first time I realized this was when I was about 7 or 8 when I first came to America]]> 2020-10-04 23:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359205 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359217 2020-10-04 23:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359217 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359339 I don't really know. I've felt black and proud my whole life as a Nigerian and haven't felt the need to feel otherwise. ]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359339 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359378 When I was really young, probably around 8 years old. My family still mostly lives in the countries they are from and it was always told to my siblings and I that it was important we knew where we came from and its culture.


]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359378 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359392 The first time I realized I was white was when I was in Kindergarten. ]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359392 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359405 The first time I realized i was black in relation to others was most likely when i went to school for the first time.]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359405 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359406 2020-10-04 23:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359406 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359499 College, freshmen yearr]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359499 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359528 Early on in my childhood, I was about 4 or 5 years old. ]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359528 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359737 When I went through school and found that Holocaust jokes were being yelled at me as I walked down the hallway. Many people consider Jews to just be White, but in reality they aren't. I recognize my ability to pass and I recognize the white privilege applied to me, but there have also been many experiences to showed me that I was an "other"

]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359737 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359748 When one of my high school teachers told me they didn't think i would be that smart and participate as much]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359748 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359771 2020-10-04 23:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359771 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359853 I was in my first grade class taught by an older white woman and was sent to a separate teacher during what should have been my recess every day of the week. This woman was Hispanic and told me she is someone I should come to if I ever needed anything. as if my original teacher was not comfortable with me. ]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359853 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359873 The first time I realized I was black was in elementary school and people would say I was a different race or mixed.]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359873 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359875 I went to a predominately white elementary school.]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359875 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359986 Not sure exactly when but since a very young age I have been aware.

]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801359986 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360047 9/11]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360047 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360048 I always knew I was white, but it wasn't until I began playing youth sports at around 7 years old when i realized there were other people with different racial backgrounds. I knew there were other races, but didn't begin to see the differences until then]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360048 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360160 When my aunt got into an interracial relationship when I was around 8]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360160 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360207 Middle School]]> 2020-10-04 23:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360207 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360296 I came to america as an immigrant and the realization started early in school when my teachers asked where I was really from]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360296 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360350 Being from a small rural rather very white town, I'd say my first time truly realizing it was when I worked on a farm side by side with migrant workers who were from Jamaica, Mexico, and other South American countries. Who all had different views, languages, and reasons for working]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360350 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360464 7th Grade- ]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360464 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360559 It was when I first came to America ]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360559 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360578 Moving to a new school when i was young, people called me Mexican based off what I looked like when in reality I'm Puerto Rican without asking me what my ethnic background was.]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360578 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360681 I first realized this at the age of 4 or 5. Coming from a small town in upstate new York, the area I lived in was predominantly white and therefore i wasn't surrounded by others who came from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. I hate that this was the case but going to a private school for kindergarten changed this. ]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360681 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360738 Elementary

]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360738 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360807 In elementary school ]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360807 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360809 When I started school in the US]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801360809 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361154 10]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361154 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361292 When I started to acknowledge my privilege]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361292 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361334 In elementary school]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361334 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361373 It was when I came to college ]]> 2020-10-04 23:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361373 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361433 In elementary when I started to realize my privilege. I moreso understood it during my freshman year of college when I was exposed to different experiences and cultures through UAlbany.


]]> 2020-10-04 23:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361433 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361561 I grew up in Rockwall, Texas, which is close to Dallas. I genuinely don't fully remember when I realized I was white, but I do know that there was a stark difference in my elementary school with other children. I think that we maybe had one black kid in the entire school? I also never had professors/teachers of other races until middle school when I moved to Washington State]]> 2020-10-04 23:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361561 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361687 I am not sure exactly. I always knew my family had been Jamaican so I always kind of thought everyone had been different especially because I went to a Russian daycare ]]> 2020-10-04 23:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361687 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361804 Race jokes in elementary school about eye shapes]]> 2020-10-04 23:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801361804 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801362050 When I traveled to different countries and my cousins there would introduce me to their friends as their cousin from Africa]]> 2020-10-04 23:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801362050 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801362125 I feel like I always knew I was black but I never had to become hyper aware until moving to America ]]> 2020-10-04 23:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801362125 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801362132 Birth]]> 2020-10-04 23:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801362132 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801362173 Elementary school]]> 2020-10-04 23:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801362173 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801363049 I was in elementary school, gifted program and my class was mostly East Asian descended kids. They said they couldn’t be friends with me because their parents only wanted them to be friends with other Asian kids or white kids ]]> 2020-10-04 23:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801363049 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801363107 African jokes]]> 2020-10-04 23:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801363107 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801365197 My first time realizing this was when I first attended school. I was born In dr and realized that I had to adjust to a new language and change something about myself that self unnatural. Upon doing so I realized that the men and women we all learned about were primarily White. They all had more wealth and power, and I established that at a young age and then my parents explained best as they could that unfortunately my skin tone was something that will hold me back  aka an obstacle.]]> 2020-10-04 23:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801365197 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801365409 I was always asked by some white ppl in hs if I could twerk for them, I was told that I was funny bc my personality was so ratchet

]]> 2020-10-04 23:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801365409 https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801366371 I noticed in 5th grade when I saw my friend getting bullied because he was latino and couldn't speak English very well.

]]> 2020-10-04 23:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/janaumipig/84v5pgz45t8grfz1/wish/801366371