Raising niños in a mixed and matched world.
Bill O’Reilly Whines “White Establishment is Now the Minority!” I found this video today and wanted to share… You know what O’Reilly? White people did vote for Obama…and they weren’t all women. My brother-in-law was one of those people…he has a son with Autism and strangely enough, he believes that his son deserves equal access [...]
Racial Profiling, Stereotypes & Self-Preservation Sometimes I get emotional thinking about where my husband could’ve ended up…where he could still end up. We once lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Not many people know of it, but it was a place where I stayed up late nights to be sure my husband came home. We lived in [...]
Women on Motorcycles? YES. Life never fails to produce teachable moments. Today, we were driving around town and Lily quickly turned toward me (I was riding in the backseat with her) and said, “Look mama, that lady’s on a motorcycle without a husband!” She pointed behind us to a woman in her 40′s in a [...]
First Time Flying This is a Multicultural Mondays post! To join in, CLICK HERE for details and come back to this post to add your link! :) Last week I wrote about my first time flying and what it was like psychologically to embark on my first flight, that I had somehow deemed an impossibility long ago. It [...]
Parenting Awareness: ‘Race’ Talk #2 Some of you might remember not long ago that I wrote the first in a series of ‘race talks’ with my daughter about skin color. Read it here » Parenting Awareness: ‘Race’ Talk #1 So today, my daughter prompted a second discussion about race…this one is slightly different than the original skin [...]
The ‘Good’ & ‘Bad’ of Interracial Relationships One of the disadvantages of being an interracial couple is the fact that you have to bite your tongue so often in order to get by unscathed. There is so much more that can be said on this blog, but I can’t help feel like I’m always holding back on [...]
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 [...]
‘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 [...]
Understanding White Privilege I’m always looking for new ways to help others understand white privilege and racism, and gain more knowledge myself. Today I found a website that I think is pretty helpful. It has comic strips with characters talking about white privilege and racism in quick little snippets that might be easier for some [...]
Image: Flickr / jtl308 This is the third story this week of a young black male being killed by NYPD. Not injured…KILLED. It seems there isn’t enough uproar about the issue and I’m afraid that a lot of our ignoring the issue comes from the normalizing of black youth, and black folks in general, as criminals [...]
Well-Meaning White People I’m not apposed to white people. Really, I’m not. *sarcasm* Some may think I’m out to get whites or that I’m a self-hater because I call white people out time and again…because I married a Latino…because I speak Spanish…because I prefer non-white friends or those in interracial relationships who get me, but [...]
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