Comments on: On raising multi-cultural children

By: Who I am is not what I am | Moms of Hue

Who I am is not what I am | Moms of Hue — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:39:23 +0000

[...] this is our world. It’s a place where we long to belong and we are eager to put people where we believe they belong. So as I raise my children to be confident in who they are, I am grateful for resources like Tara [...]

By: Kristnia Brooke

Kristnia Brooke — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:11:35 +0000

I often find myself correcting people when they refer to my daughter as Black. She is not JUST Black. Her father is White and that is a big part of who she is. I have always said that I want my daughter to define herself not in terms of what others say she is. We teach her to celebrate the WHOLE because she wasn’t brought into this world by me alone. Race in itself is just not a cut and dry thing and I am tired of the thinking that one is either this or that. I wish more people would refer to President Obama as the First BiRacial President as that I believe would show more progress than anything else.

Great post Michele.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:33:56 +0000

“We’re human. How about you?” I like that! I’m sure the aftermath of that comment would have been just as awkward, but its possible that healthy dialog could have followed. Thanks so much for sharing your experience. I always have a burning wonder of how the non-Black parent of a multiracial child who has been labeled Black, feels when their nationality is completely erased from their child by society. Like, its great that your mom was able to keep you exposed to her/your culture by foods and such, but interesting how your dad almost made it clear that, to the world, you are Black.

Great post.
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