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It’s Thursday, which means its time for another gratuitous cute kid pic. Shannon A. sends this adorable picture of her son Raekwon, who is 3 years old and seems to love the tub!
Got cute kids? Send pictures to team@loveisntenough.com

co-written by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Deesha Philyaw; crossposted from Co-Parenting 101
Ah, celebrity gossip. It titillates, it entertains, it allows us mere mortals to perhaps feel just a wee bit superior when famous folks’ dirty laundry gets aired. Since celebrity gossip isn’t going away any time soon, we figured we’d use it as another opportunity to [...]

Racism Review dissects the recent New York Times article about segregated proms in a Georgia county:
This Jim Crow reality seems to be about a lot more than some white parents’ desires for their children to go to separate proms. There is nearly complete white student conformity to the Jim Crow “tradition,” yet the reporter portrays [...]

“Why Can’t You Look Like Me” (2009, Black Oasis Ent.) written by Ola Zuri and illustrated by Jenn Simpson, tells the story of a little  girl who looks different from her parents, neighbors and schoolmates, and thus feels alienated and left out. Her fortunes change when another little brown girl arrives at school.
The book opens with [...]

ARP reader and blogger Julia was kind enough to invite me on her regular podcast “Nobody Asked You” to talk about black hair. Julia is the white parent of a black child who has written:
See, on the playgrounds I grew up on, nappy was not a good thing. I didn’t have a good sense of [...]

Anti-Racist Parent reader Julia recently launched a blog called Nobody Asked You about race and parenting from a white adoptive parent’s perspective. Julia has kindly asked me to join her at 2 p.m. ET, this Saturday, May 23, for the inaugural episode of her companion podcast. The topic? One of my favorite soap box issues: [...]

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It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic. This one comes from E. Sun in Perth, Australia. What a cutie!
Got cute kids? Send a pic to team@loveisntenough.com.

Gosh, has it been 25 years since “The Cosby Show” debuted? I remember this show fondly. It was the first time that I saw a family that truly seemed like mine on television and, perhaps, as Phylicia Rashad says in this clip from “The Today Show,” the first time many people realized that “An African [...]

written by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Tiffany Pridgen
Until recently I didn’t consider myself to be much of an activist. I’m pretty even-keeled when it comes to most things. I’m not political. I’m not radical. I play my cards fairly close to my chest.
Then something happened and changed my mind. I realized that I’m a different kind [...]

This photo from the White House Flickr account shows a young boy rubbing President Barack Obama’s head. Reportedly, “The youngster wanted to see if the President’s haircut felt like his own.”
Having a self-identified black man in the White House matters. Yes, it does.
(Hat tip to Jezebel.)

At Racialicious, “NCLR Report Finds Latino Students are “Missing Out”:
The rapid growth of the Latino student population has not been reflected in a corresponding improvement in their educational outcomes. The collection of statistics that follows suggests that Latino students are missing out on many educational opportunities and are not being effectively served by the current [...]

written by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Deesha Philyaw’
“The bad parents are running amok! They’re everywhere you turn, talking about postpartum depression, confessing that their kids are addicted to SpongeBob, throwing their breast pumps in the garbage!”
“…there is a loud and lusty temper tantrum being thrown by American parents. And who can blame them? They are finally [...]

crossposted from Racialicious; written by Racialicious contributor Shannon Prince
Two years ago while I was studying abroad in Paris, my younger sister called me from the U.S. giggling that she had delicious news to share with me. She announced breathlessly that Disney was creating its first black princess movie. Despite the fact that I was a [...]

Crossposted from What Tami Said
The Best of What Tami Said is back at 4 p.m. ET, this Sunday, May 17. This week I’m talking black motherhood with freelance writer and blogger Deesha Philyaw. Deesha writes eloquently about parenting and other issues at one of my favorite blogs, Mamalicious. She is a columnist at Anti-Racist Parent [...]

Chat amongst yourselves. But while you’re talking, see if you can help a writer with a story about children’s books:
I’m working on a series about African-American children’s books for Examiner.com
(National African-American Books Examiner)
Rise of African American Children’s Books, Children’s Book Week
If you recall any favorite titles or have recommendations, I’d appreciate your sharing those titles [...]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic. It’s kind of chilly and rainy where I am, but this shot makes me think of summer fun. Reader Elizabeth Y. offered this photo of Zenzele and Jahzara  relaxing in a hammock and basking in the sun.
Got cute kids? Send a photo to team@loveisntenough.com.

Written by Anti-Racist Parent editor Tami Winfrey Harris

Tuesday’s episode of “The Tyra Banks Show” dealt with the issue of black women and girls and their hair. Watch a clip from the program here.
 
Those of you who follow me here and at What Tami Said know that this is one of my soapbox topics. I think [...]

Check out Anti-Racist Parent columnist Deesha Philyaw’s books reviews and interviews at Bitch magazine:
There are three books about black women and motherhood that rocked my world when I read them: Rise Up Singing: Black Women Writers on Motherhood; I’m Every Woman: Remixed Stories of Marriage, Motherhood, and Work; and a novel, Jump at the Sun.  [...]