Beyond Trayvon: Race & Justice In America airs TONIGHT, March 30th at 8p and 10p ET on CNN

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Beyond Trayvon: Race & Justice In America TONIGHT ON CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien hosts a townhall on a controversial event that has gripped the nation: the shooting of Trayvon Martin. In this one hour special, several panels will examine and discuss the facts of the case and the many angles that have come into play including: the [...]

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Feminist & Married: Being Feminist in a World of Male Privilege

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  One of the biggest pitfalls of being a wife and mother is the fact that we women tend to put ourselves last.  It seems we have this need to help, fix and perfect everything around us, which I feel stems (in large part) from the extreme weight of too many social expectations placed upon [...]

Racism in the Tech Industry {Infographic}

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Obesity In America {Infographic}

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Blame the Victim: Geraldo Says People of Color are Asking for it by Wearing Hoodies

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  Kids in Hoodies are asking for trouble? Leave it to Fox & Geraldo to start another firestorm.  I was disgusted tonight when I finally got a chance to sit down and watch this video.  In a discussion with Fox News, Geraldo tells co-hosts that he has a different opinion about the Trayvon case.  Here’s [...]

Limiting Our Children to Protect Them? {Racism Review}

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  Protecting Our Kids from Becoming the Next Trayvon Martin I was reading Racism Review earlier this week and came across a really interesting article about how we put limits on our children in order to protect them.  Maybe we don’t let them go out past 9pm or pre-approve their friends, but what about all of [...]

Multiracial Families, We Need to Support This! {Mixed Match Film}

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  Multiracial Donors Needed! I have a biracial daughter and like many of you, I worry about her future everyday.  I worry about her education, about how she’ll overcome other people’s expectations and about her success in a world that doesn’t quite understand what it means to be ‘mixed’. A new worry has come to [...]

George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin’s Killer – Does race play a role, even though he’s not white?

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Guest Post on Fox News Latino Recently, there’s been a lot of debate about race since it was discovered that the 28-year-old George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, is not white but Hispanic…or so his family claims. Last week, Robert Zimmerman released his response to the increasingly racial climate surrounding [...]

Lemon-Pepper Salmon & Cranberry Blue Cheese Salad

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Super simple summer-time salad for dinner! One of my all-time favorite salads and a super simple go-to recipe, is this quick and delicious salmon topped salad.  It’s a perfect mix of tart blue cheese and sweet cranberries, topped with crispy walnuts and a delicious and buttery salmon.  Perfect for picky fish eaters who don’t like [...]

A New Look for Bicultural Mom!

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Welcome to the new Bicultural Mom blog! Recently, I’ve been working hard on planning a blog makeover and it’s finally here! Now Bicultural Mom has a more serious, streamlined look and it truly fits the content that I write about here. This is something I would have loved to do for my blog when I [...]

Bartle, Bogle, Hegarty (BBH) Dehumanizes the Homeless with Their ‘Homeless Hotspots’ Campaign

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‘Homeless Hotspots’ Help the Homeless? This morning I came across an article on Techlicious titled “Homeless Men as Hotspots Stirs Debate at SXSW Tech Festival“.  The article links back to a few sources that criticize the recent campaign, including this one.  Read that last link for the full, despicable story. I have to tell you, I’m not [...]