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 [...]
Proud of My Country, Celebrating My President It’s taken me a while to get my thoughts out, and not for a lack of trying, but I haven’t had many moments of free time recently. Tuesday evening my family and I went out to vote…we felt a little uneasy, but mostly hopeful that our country [...]
The Amazing Spider-Man – Are you going? There is a new Spider-Man coming out in theaters July 3 and I’m interested to see how this one plays out. From the trailers available on YouTube, it seems to me that they’ve included more of Spider-Man’s humanity and cockiness in this film…something I’m looking forward to. I [...]
Why Discussing Race is a Good Thing Jay Smooth is a master of race talks. He has a unique opportunity of understanding both sides of the story and being compassionate to points on either side of the debate, and yet, he has a way of keeping it real and telling it like it is…in the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
From Prada to Nada – A Film About Mexican American Identity? I finally watched “From Prada to Nada” this week. And by finally, I mean that it’s been starring me in the face on Netflix and I’ve been avoiding it. Why? Well, Prada’s not my thing…I’m clueless about fashion, I’m deterred by stories about the [...]
Breaking Down White Ignorance Through Comedy For a while, the “Sh*t people say” videos have been trending, but the real shining stars of all these webisodes have been the videos that both poke fun at and bring awareness to the realities of racism. While some of these videos aren’t much more than heavy satire, there [...]
Photography by Lucy Schaeffer {cover, stuffed pork chops p 137} Welcome to day one of my blog anniversary party! Happy Monday! :) Today, I wanted to share with you an awesome cookbook that I received recently and love! My husband and I are huge fans of Aaron McCargo Jr., one of the few cooks that we [...]
Mass grave at Wounded Knee Every time I sit long enough to think about Wounded Knee, I cry. There are so many images seared into my mind that make it difficult to comprehend those events, but one stands out above all others…the image of a nursing infant suckling at her mother’s cold body. I [...]
Screen shot via youtube.com A friend tipped me off to this fabulous entrepreneurial vlogger, Marie Forleo, the mastermind behind Rich, Happy & Hot and a business video tips extraordinaire! Check her out in this video about how to delegate in your business: © 2011, Chantilly Patiño. All rights reserved.
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