My Shoes is a support group in cyberspace hosted by clinical psychologist Dr. Juanita Brooks for multiracial children, adolescents and adults who have a white appearance.
 

We have some unique issues that only we truly understand. Here are a few excerpts from our members:

I grew up in a predominately white community all of my life. I remember the stares my family used to get! I never understood it until they sent me to a more ethnically mixed junior high. That was my first experience with racism.
                                                                                                                                Alicia Fromberg
 Most of my life, I never felt as though I "fit in" anywhere. I was always "too white" for the black people and "too black" for the white people...The ignorance of the "one drop rule" labeled me black for the majority of my life, but I could not ignore the rest of my heritage.
                                                                                                                            Tara Paulk
...I am half Japanese and half Caucasion and I too, "look all white"...it's every other day that someone asks "What are you?"...Sometimes when I tell people my racial heritage they still say, "Yeah but you're really White." I guess they didn't hear me.
                                                                                                                          Jessica Harrison


It's funny how the Black race and the White race treat me...White people treat me like I have all the answers for the Black race, and the Black race treats me as if I purposely picked my light color, good hair and 'proper' way of speaking just to spite them.

                                                                                                                         Carolyn Hall
I am forty-something, of mixed parentage...Blacks, whites and "others" commonly assume that I am Latin American, Iranian/middle Eastern... In many cases, that assumption is manifested in the form of total strangers initiating a conversation with me in Spanish, Arabic, Farsi...I have concluded that, with all of the challenges we face, there are also many advantages in being able to travel in so many different circles and serve as a "bridge" to different, otherwise separate groups...
                                                                                                                          John

Site Information.

• About our symbol.
• Why you would want to participate.
• About our host.

• Personal stories. (Including photos)
• Letters to the group. (Most Recent First)
• Discussion group. (14 Topics)
• Bulletin board. (8 Categories)

• Personal stories. (Including photos)
• Letters to the group. (Most Recent First)
• Discussion group. (4 Topics)
• Bulletin board. (7 Categories)