So, a few weeks ago, out of the blue I got an email from Grace Hwang Lynch, who happens to be the Race and Ethnicity section editor at BlogHer. She wanted to use one of my posts! Wow, I was excited! It’s live today, so please go over and make some comments, even if you’ve [...]
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Years ago, long before I met Toyin and long before Annika was a sparkle in my brain, I have this vague memory of being introduced to the idea that it’s important for people to be properly represented in the media. This notion came by way of watching an interview with a Hispanic comedian who talked [...]
Categories: Bi-racial, Racial Identity, Racism, Uncategorized
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Today I have a guest post over at Balancing Jane. Balancing Jane is written by another mama to a biracial child. But aside from the racial aspect, her blog is interesting because she examines things with an intellectual twist. She’s a PHD student, working on rhetorical construction of difference. I don’t even know what that [...]
Categories: Guest Post, Texas
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It’s really late, just after midnight on Wednesday night. I’m having a glass of wine. Today was a whiny day. For Annika, not me. For me it’s been an snappy day. Snappy because I’m so dang tired of the whining. So, I drink wine. This afternoon we showed up at a pool to swim with [...]
Categories: Alcoholism, Failure, Single motherhood, Uncategorized
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Last week I got into a little disagreement on Facebook, through a comment thread on an acquaintance’s page. I left a comment saying that people who fly confederate flags are generally not the kind of people who a black man (or woman) might want to be caught in a dark alley with. My point was [...]
Categories: Race, Racism, Uncategorized
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