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Why is the ‘normal television family’ always white?
By Guest Contributor SL Huang; crossposted from Racialicious Oh, I know the answer, of course. A white nuclear family is what networks think everyone can relate to. And even if people can’t relate, they see and recognize that “ideal” and … Continue reading
Posted in Race, Representation, Television
Tagged modern family, race, representation, television, the neighbors
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The first week of school and already a racist incident
By Guest Contributor Renee; originally published at Womanist Musings As much as I love my children, I was absolutely giddy to see them get on the school bus last week. The unhusband and I were singing and dancing, as the … Continue reading
Posted in Race, School, The N Word, racial slurs
Tagged parenting, race, racial-slurs, school, the n word
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Quoted: Afro-Latin And The Negro Common: An Interview With Dr. Marco Polo Hernández-Cuevas
We’ve spoken about the racism inherent in many “beloved,” classic children’s characters before on Love Isn’t Enough. In a recent interview with Lamont Lilly published on Racialicious, Marco Polo Hernández-Cuevas talks about Memín Penguín, a Mexican character akin to Little … Continue reading
Posted in Quoted, Race and classic media
Tagged little black sambo, memin penguin, quoted, race and classic media
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Jimmy Kimmel is pranking kids again and not everything is funny
By Guest Contributor Renee; originally published at Womanist Musings Jimmy Kimmel seems to just love getting parents to pull fast ones on their kids for laughs. As a parent, there is a big part of me that gets why moms … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Sexuality, Television
Tagged gender, media, pop culture, renee, sexuality, tv
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Adopting and Adapting
by guest contributor Catherine Bray When my husband and I decided to adopt a baby in 2006 we put on our happy “never have done this before and don’t know what’s in store” faces and told our caseworker that we … Continue reading
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I hope Katie rolls her eyes
by guest contributor Jen Chau, originally published at The time is always right… I hung out with Katie this weekend – she has gotten so big. The last time I saw her, she mostly looked at me with wide-open googly … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Asian, Hispanic, Latino, asian american, biracial, jewish, mixed-race-identity, multiracial, parenting, race, race-relations, racism, white
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Some of My Best Friends (and Family) Are Racists
by guest contributor Rachel Sullivan, originally published at Rachel’s Tavern I remember an argument I had with my mother a few years back. I had brought my boyfriend, a black man, who I had been dating for 4 years, to … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Churches
by guest contributor Nobody, originally published at Scraps by Nobody There once was a little white Baptist church, set on a plot of farmland that the pastor liked to call “sacred acre”. It was a small congregation, firmly mired in … Continue reading
Still Maplewood: Wrong side of the tracks
by Helena Holgersson-Shorter, originally published in The Motherhood Magazine [Note from Carmen: Maplewood, NJ is known in the NYC area as a very diverse community. However, I felt that the themes discussed in this article are applicable to other communities … Continue reading
Tagged Uncategorized, class, community, diversity, gentrification, hometown, parenting, race, race-relations, racism
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Assumptions
by guest contributor eliaday, originally published at Kimchi Mamas Last weekend, one of my old college roommates got married. My daughter and I attended the wedding, and had the chance to hang out with some of my old friends from … Continue reading
Tagged Uncategorized, gender, glbt, homophobia, racism, sexism
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The Subtle Choice of Words and Their Not So Subtle Messages
by guest contributor Paula O’Loughlin, originally published at Heart, Mind and Seoul A celebrity prospective adoptive parent was recently quoted as saying, “Of course I want to have kids. I want to have my own kids, but also adopt.” Several … Continue reading
Deciding to talk about it
by guest contributor Tiffany Pridgen As a child I was never specifically instructed on race or culture by anyone in my family, and I’m certain that is fairly unusual for someone from a family of color. The truth is, we … Continue reading
The Making of a Scholar
by Anti-Racist Parent guest contributor Vera L This past Martin Luther King Day, my partner and I took our two boys to San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora. We looked at photographs and charts detailing how the foods of … Continue reading
Crayola’s efforts to dismantle racism
This post was originally published at Racialicious on June 6, 2006. by Usha (a new guest contributor!) I spotted a product placement blog entry for Crayola®’s multicultural markers on Blogging Baby. Come to find that Crayola® actually unveiled its multicultural … Continue reading