Hi folks, today I’m guest posting over at an Austin area mom blogger, Missy at Wonder Friend‘s blog. She invites guests and comments to “wonder” about various topics. Head on over, check out my post and feel free to wonder about my topic and all her other wonderments!
Categories: Austin, Blogging, Guest Post, Racial Identity
Yep, this is my kid. She taught herself how to burp.
Categories: Uncategorized
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Tags: Annika, Random crap
I’ve come to realize that I no longer see the world in black and white (and red and yellow…. or really, dark brown, light brown, dark beige and light beige). I no longer see humans with simply one background, one skin color, one mindset, one reality. Before Annika was born, I liked to think that [...]
Categories: Bi-racial, Race, Racial Identity, Uncategorized
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In my last post I wondered how much Black History Month, which happens every February, will affect Annika’s when she’s old enough to understand the racist history of our country. It got me to thinking, as I have every February for the past few years, about the history of being biracial. Since becoming pregnant with [...]
Categories: Bi-racial, Racial Identity, Racism, Uncategorized
It’s Black History Month. Every year around this time (and other times) it brings up my own mental rambling about just how Annika will fit in to the world of African Americans, or more accurately, black Americans whose history includes oppression from their own culture. For all outward intents and purposes she is a black [...]
Categories: Bi-racial, Racial Identity, Uncategorized
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