Significant rain likely statewide with snow for some. 

MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding. Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all. 

Turn Up Your Support

In this installment, Don, Luz, Anthony and Hlee discuss growing up poor, escaping poverty as adults, and what it's like to constantly straddle those different worlds.

We'll hear about how their community's perceptions of them don't always match their own self-image and the values they stand for. 

And yet, as a people of color, they still face the same stereotypes and prejudice from whites.

This time, more stories from our panel on where they come from, who they are now, and how they're perceived in their own communities. It's complex, and often a very delicate dance.

In this installment, Don, Luz, Anthony, Hlee discuss growing up poor, escaping poverty as adults, and how they constantly straddle those different worlds.

We'll hear about the complexity of this dual existence; how your community's perceptions of you don't always match your own self-image and the values you stand for. And yet, as a person of color, you still face the same stereotypes and prejudice from whites.

8: The identity struggle

Don Eubanks, Anthony Galloway, and Hlee Lee

Counter Stories: The identity struggle

Go Deeper.

Like this?

Turn Up Your Support