What’s on your mind this week?

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic. Reader Robin H. writes:
Pic 1:  These three beautiful sisters are my daughters. They all joined their family through adoption. The sisters, ages 7, 8, and 9, enjoy riding bikes, drawing, and playing games together and couldn’t wait for Santa to come last Christmas!
Pic 2:  Our beautiful [...]

written by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Margie Perscheid
It’s easy to become jaded by the political process when you live in Washington, DC. Although I’ve lived here for over 40 years, apart from cultural events like the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the last time I found myself on the Mall to voice my political opinion was in the [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I hope you were able to get on my free call last week, as we had over 500 people registered! Thanks to all of you who wrote in to say how valuable the call was for you.
You should know that on the content-packed call, I also made a special invitation for listeners [...]

What do you do when you hear your little one exclaim: “Let’s play ’slaves’?”
“Let’s play slaves,” my oldest said to my youngest.  I could hear them in the other room.
“I’ll be the slave and you be my owner.” she said to her.
I interjected from the other room (trying to be casual).  “What are slaves?”  I [...]

crossposted from What Tami Said
I posted this on my blog last week. While I don’t particularly see this as a race issue, except where noted below, one commenter–the very astute Renee of Womanist Musings–said: “While I believe it is important for black children to have black dolls to play with I really dislike the idea [...]

Talk amongst yourselves.

It’s Thursday, which means its time for another gratuitous cute kid pic. Gabriela R. send this shot of her adorable Camilo, who is 19-months-old and lives with his family in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Got cute kids? Send us their photos and we will feature them in the Gratuitous Cute Kid Pic column. Simply e-mail team@loveisntenough.com.

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve received a lot of emails asking me what I’ll be talking about in today’s free teleseminar, so I decided to put together this special video to answer all of your questions:

In the video, I talk a bit about why I decided to do this call [...]

Aisha Ali, who is the DC Youth Issues Examiner for Examiner.com, asks “Should schools be forced to include diversity curricula?”
While attending school, I either witnessed or experienced racial/ethnic and gender inequalities. However, those witnessed or experienced while undergoing my primary education, were most damaging. During primary education, children form ideas about themselves, their environment, and [...]

 written by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Paula
About a month ago, I was substitute teaching for a multi-grade classroom of 2nd and 3rd grade students.  Now I understand that it is not at all uncommon for children of this age to still be especially attached to their teacher.  It took all of a nanosecond for the kids to realize [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Before you ask – no, that’s not me in the pic.
If your organization is anything like the ones I’ve worked with over the past five years, it’s dealing with a serious case of diversity fatigue.
You probably hear groans of exasperation every time a diversity training session is announced. Your boss, [...]

What are you thinking about?

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic. Reader April sends this adorable shot of Aiden, Sawyer and Sena.
Got cute kids? Send us their photos and we will feature them in the Gratuitous Cute Kid Pic column. Simply e-mail team@loveisntenough.com.

Crossposted from What Tami Said
It’s not so clear in today’s allegedly post-racial landscape. Lately, too many real attempts to discuss racial injustice are met with gnashing of teeth, rending of garments and exasperated cries of “political correctness” and “race card.” This is the modern way to shut down discussion about race in America. And with [...]

Crossposted from Intercultural Talk
My 7 year old learned “the N-word” a few weeks ago, and was immediately told that it was bad, 1.) Because he would get beat up if he used it (explanation from my dad) and 2.) It was just a bad word, “Like the F-word” (explanation from me).  I was left with [...]

Crossposted from The Bottom of Heaven
 This week I spent some quality time with Dear Darkness: Poems by the incredible poet, Kevin Young. He draws on his Louisiana roots in this new collection, mourning the loss of family and faith with the characteristic voice of a bluesman. Poems such as “Another Autumn Elegy” are particularly moving, [...]

What’s on your mind in the new year?

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic. Halloween is long past, but shots of cute kids in costumes never get old. Reader Fash S. says of this pic, “This is my son (little Darth Vader), his two cousins (Spiderman and fairy princess), and my little brother (knocking at the door) [...]