Category: Family/Parenting

  • Recently, there’s been numerous viral photos of white parents posting pictures of their mixed Black children with #AllLivesMatter political statements.

  • How parents oppress their mixed race children The F-Word Blog: Contemporary UK Feminism 2016-07-20 Nicola Codner Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom As a mixed race woman, whenever I come across articles by monoracial parents about their mixed race children, I tend to get a cold feeling of dread of inside. These articles seem to be in…

  • Rebooting beyond the idea of Race Mixed Roots Stories 2016-07-06 Temu and Elisabeth Diaab “Remember how we always wanted to write a children’s book?” Elisabeth asked me one morning over coffee. “Let’s do it now, she said.” Our son had just moved into a college dorm, we were juggling two internet businesses, and even considering…

  • “Daddy, I wish there weren’t any Black people.” Medium 2016-05-05 Abe Lateiner Taking a deep breath, I respond to my daughter with a wish of my own. I’ve begun to see that it’s not about having the “right” answers when kids ask about race. Don’t get me wrong: I think there are better and worse…

  • The Danger Of Unchallenged Racism In Interracial Relationships The Establishment 2016-07-18 TaLynn Kel It shouldn’t surprise me that interracial relationships are here to stay, considering that I’m in one. Still, I worry about the people in them. When I started dating “Kevin,” I was concerned about the demographics of the relationship. I worried about how…

  • How To Talk To Your Kids About Race Roundhouse Radio, 98.3 FM Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Thursday, 2016-07-14, 17:00-18:00Z (10:00-11:00 PDT) Live Call-in: How to talk to your kids about race With author and educator Sharon Chang, author of “Raising Mixed Race” and host Minelle Mahtani It’s been a tough news week. The media has…

  • Expat Mom Maria Tumolo On Raising A Multicultural Family In England The Voix: Diverse Narratives. Native Insights 2016-07-07 Although she was happy and content with her life as it were back in Trinidad, Maria Tumolo was at a crossroad regarding her professional and personal development. She had received a firm offer of admission from Edinburgh…

  • My mixed-race sons look white, but that doesn’t mean racism stays away She Knows 2016-07-09 Fahmida Rashid My mixed-race sons can ‘pass’ for white, and that creates its own pile of issues The first time was when Jake was in kindergarten. He was showing off the drawing of our family: father, mother, baby brother and…

  • Becky and Mia – Belonging and Not Belonging The Listening Project: It’s surprising what you hear when you listen BBC Radio 4 2016-06-03 Fi Glover introduces a conversation about the surprising challenges facing a mixed race family at home and abroad. Another in the series that proves it’s surprising what you hear when you listen.…

  • Dancer, painter, soldier … Tottenham brothers on their way to the top The Guardian 2016-05-28 Jessica Elgot From left to right, Solomon, Kidane and Amartey … ‘We are fiercely proud – we didn’t feel like these institutions were worlds away.’ Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian Maryam Golding’s three oldest sons – an artist, a…