by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers
“Yeah, it’s a race and I’m running,
but somewhere along the lines I lost you—
among the clueless browns,
the clueless blacks,
the clueless yellows—
and what’s worse,
the just-kickin-its,
the just bought-into-its.”
-I was Born with Two Tongues, “Race, and I’m Running,” Broken Speak CD
A few weeks ago while watching “Dancing with the Stars,” my husband [...]

Note from Carmen: This post was originally meant to go up during the holidays. Christmas may be over, but Easter is on its way! So I’m posting this anyway, as I think Michelle’s thoughts are still relevant, funny and thought-provoking.
by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers
Since my oldest daughter Myong has been old enough to understand [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers
Like everyone else who grew up in the 70’s and 80’s, I loved watching “Different Strokes.” Of course, I was enamored with the show mainly because of Gary Coleman and waited with anticipation every episode for him to scrunch up his face and demand, “Whatchu talkin’ bout, Willis?!” In [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers
A month ago, my uncle tried to kill my aunt by shooting her in the head with a shotgun, and then he killed himself with it. It happened the day after I had emailed my last post to Carmen, and she had told me it would go up at the [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers
As a parent with a school-aged child, I struggle with how much I should interfere with what she learns at school. For example, I dread when Thanksgiving comes around because I’m always certain that I’m going to be offended by some misrepresentation of the Pilgrims’/Puritans’ relationship with and treatment [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers
“. . . well, enough rage and helplessness, and your love turns to something else. . . . It turns to steaming piss.”
-Mitchell Stephens in The Sweet Hereafter
“I’m telling you this . . . because we’ve all lost our children . . . . They’re dead to us. . . [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers

I know I haven’t been able to keep up with my posts as much as I’ve liked over the last month, but I’ve been reading recent posts with great interest. In particular, Dawn Friedman’s post calling out anti-racist white parents of white children struck a particular chord, as it did with many people. I also found Carmen’s post about recent comments Angelina Jolie made in an interview interesting, and though at least one person commented that he/she didn’t get “much of a racial connotation out of [Jolie’s] statement,” I would argue that Jolie makes two points: her second statement about Shiloh being a “blob” may be about the differences between adopted children and biological children—but Shiloh’s blobbiness won’t last too long, so this isn’t even a critical point. Her first statement, however, is very revealing and implicitly has a racial context.

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers
I guess at first glance, I would appear to be a good candidate as a contributor for the Anti-Racist Parent: I’m a biracial woman (mother is Korean, father is white) who is married to black man, and we have 3 mixed race children: 2 girls (9-years-old and 20 months) and [...]