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What If My Child Wanted To Date Outside Of Their Race
Interracial dating is nothing new these days. No matter where you go, you will see an interracial couple. Heck, I remember growing up, and all the white girls who liked the few black boys in our town had to hide it. It was a major NO, No! If you’ve read my blog in the past, you know I’ve touched on Race In America. If you’re in my Facebook Group, you know I even do LIVES talking about Race. Hey, if we don’t have open, real and raw discussions, we will never grow as individuals nor as a society.
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Diversity Is Important For Our Children’s Success In Life
Diversity is important to us. When we move into a neighborhood and look at schools for our children we want the demographics to represent the real world. Some people may prefer the opposite. That’s ok, but it does make me wonder. Having a true representation of the real world as children grow will help later in life. I mean, you will encounter at least one person who doesn’t look like you at least once in life. Well, I hope so.
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That Time I Got Called A Racist
Photo by T. Chick McClure on Unsplash A loss of innocence and the swift lesson in racism from your “friends” Disclaimer: This story won’t be funny or cheerful, and my better self doesn’t emerge for a few more posts. However, I would fail the readers miserably if I hid this story to protect the ugly parts of my journey. We all have ugly; C’est la Vie. Ignorance is bliss until it isn’t. In my last article, I cautioned about living colorblind in a colorful world. Please treat this is a tale of innocence lost and the repercussions of that sheltered worldview.
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That First Kiss
To know me, we must begin back in elementary school. I wouldn’t say my family was colorblind, as this trend and talking point only recently gained the national spotlight. I would, however, say that my family didn’t feel that talking to me about race was important. As a result, I lived in a blissfully ignorant bubble from grades K-5 where we all lived in a harmonious land of fairy tales, and everyone was treated equally and fairly. I know this realm of equality for all sounds fictitious, but at least for me, it existed in this one minuscule moment of my history. I didn’t hear derogatory terms. I didn’t know…
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Excuse Me, My Hair Is Normal Hair
“What do you mean you can’t braid her hair? It’s normal hair.” That started a conversation in our home. A dialogue between my husband and child that I silently sat at the table and watched the frustration on my child’s face. Normal hair? Hmmmm….what is “normal” hair? Cause, girlfriend, mine is ALL the way normal. You see, my daughter braids her hair in different styles. She loves wearing her hair in different styles and changes it up almost daily. She’s finally embraced her natural locks. Oh, it warms my heart to see this. She may rock a mini fro on
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Charity Adams Earley – Black Women During Wartime
Wow, I’m excited to share the story of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) first black officers. Let me introduce you to Major Charity Adams Earley. For the rest of this month, my goal is to share with you the history of some amazing Black Women who served our country. This goes along with this year’s theme for Black History Month; African Americans In Time of War. Born in Columbia, South Carolina on December 5, 1917, to a highly educated Methodist minister and school teacher Ms. Charity Adams was the oldest of four children.
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What Is The History Of Black History Month
Not only is February LOVE month, but it’s also Black History Month. Over the next few weeks, we are going to discuss the national theme of Black History Month: African Americans in Times of War. Some very important people helped pave the path and I hope these next few weeks open your mind, your heart, and discussion with your children and others around you. Race discussions don’t have to be uncomfortable. This week let’s take a look at reasons why we celebrate Black History Month; a bit of history behind the history of Black History Month.
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Don’t Say These Things When You Meet A Black Person
Meeting new people every couple of years is part of my life as a military spouse, and I do love it. I meet some great people, some interesting people and some that leave me scratching my head. So since I’m tackling the race conversation on MY platform, I want to share a few things that really leaves me baffled and in my opinion should be rethought when it comes to that initial introduction. Let’s just call it…THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T SAY TO BLACK PEOPLE during the initial introduction.
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Being At The Right Place At The Right Time
Have you heard the saying, “being at the wrong place at the wrong time?” Well, that’s not what happened to me. Lol I was at the right place at the right time. There’s a lady by the name of Megan that runs a podcast, and she was looking for guests to speak about race in America. I just happened to be scrolling through her lovely facebook group when I saw a LIVE session and then a post looking for people to share their story. REALLY? REALLY? Hmmmm…..let’s do this! I’ve wanted to talk about racial discrimination for a while.
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Reasons Why We Have Race Conversations In My Home
From my last post talking about seeing color, I had some questions about starting the dialogue with children about race. I refuse to sit here and say it didn’t infuriate me to have people say that they don’t know how to start that conversation with their child. It honestly gut punched me. I wanted to throat punch a few people. Why? Because I HAVE to have race conversations with my children on a regular basis. BUT….I’m a rational person and calmed myself down. As I took that time to calm down, it was confirmed that so many people genuinely don’t understand. It’s not that they are racist or don’t care,…
