4 Ways Parents Can Support Their Mixed Race ChildrenPosted in Articles, Family/Parenting, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, United States on 2016-09-10 21:23Z by Steven |
4 Ways Parents Can Support Their Mixed Race Children
Everyday Feminism
2016-01-05
According to my mom, when my brother was around four or five, my Black (African-American) paternal grandfather put a plate of rice and beans in front of him.
My brother immediately burst into tears and asked, “Why do the beans look like that?” and then refused to eat. My brother’s problem was that my grandfather hadn’t given him traditional Puerto Rican arroz con gandules, but rather white rice and black-eyed peas.
My mom always says that my brother continued to cry and ask, “Why are the beans looking at me?”
The story goes that my grandfather got upset and said, “This is Black food! You’re Black! This is our people’s food!” My brother continued to cry, saying over and over again that he was Puerto Rican, and he wanted real rice and beans. Although I don’t personally remember this happening, I think about this story a lot…
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