Presents seventeen essays, short stories, and poems that engage the reader in a frank discussion about race, identity, and self-esteem.

Remember this / Renée Watson -- Handle your business / Derrick Barnes -- Not a China doll / Grace Lin -- The bike / Wade Hudson -- The way of the anigiduwagi / Traci Sorell -- Untitled / Daniel Nayeri -- Why are there racist people? / Duncan Tonatiuh -- Never be afraid to soar / Valerie Wilson Wesley -- My Olmec / Selina Alko -- F.R.I.E.N.D.S. : looking back, looking forward / Torrey Maldonado -- Ten / Tracey Baptiste -- I'm a dancer / Sharon Dennis Wyeth -- Hablar / Meg Medina -- Our inheritance / Adam Gidwitz -- Tough Tuesday / Nikki Grimes -- The road ahead / Minh Lê -- Mazes / Christopher Myers.