{"id":46736,"date":"2016-04-27T17:25:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=46736"},"modified":"2016-04-27T17:25:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:25:26","slug":"that-awful-moment-parents-of-interracial-children-will-probably-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=46736","title":{"rendered":"That awful moment parents of interracial children will probably face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/parenting\/wp\/2016\/04\/26\/that-awful-moment-parents-of-interracial-children-will-probably-face\/\" target=\"_blank\">That awful moment parents of interracial children will probably face<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Post<\/a><br \/>\n2016-04-26<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nevinmartell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nevin Martell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs that your son?\u201d the man suddenly asked, without any preamble, and with an aggressive edge to his tone.<\/p>\n<p>I was sitting in the dining area of a local Whole Foods after finishing the weekly shopping with my 3-year-old son, Zephyr. We were both eating and laughing about something silly, simply enjoying a Saturday morning together.<\/p>\n<p>The unexpected question was from a 30-something African American man who had been giving me odd, furtive glances since we sat down. I figured that he thought he recognized me and was trying to jog his memory. I was certain we hadn\u2019t met, so I was bracing myself for one of those semi-awkward, \u201cNo, sorry, I\u2019m not who you think I am\u201d conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, this is my son,\u201d I answered, a little warily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHmph,\u201d he snorted. \u201cI didn\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now my defenses were fully up. \u201cWhy not?\u201d I shot back.<\/p>\n<p>He scrunched up his face, like he had just taken a bite of something distasteful. \u201cThere\u2019s just something off about you two,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, I wanted to knock him senseless, but I restrained myself. Who says that to a complete stranger? How could he not see \u2014 for any number of reasons \u2014 that Zephyr and I were related? In my mind, there was only one reason why he would draw that conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it because we don\u2019t have the same skin color?\u201d I challenged.<\/p>\n<p>You see, I\u2019m white and my Ghanaian wife is black, so our mixed-race son is golden brown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/parenting\/wp\/2016\/04\/26\/that-awful-moment-parents-of-interracial-children-will-probably-face\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That awful moment parents of interracial children will probably face The Washington Post 2016-04-26 Nevin Martell \u201cIs that your son?\u201d the man suddenly asked, without any preamble, and with an aggressive edge to his tone. 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