Is that white woman your mother?
Katherine Howard Venice, CA A three year old shouted this at my daughter when I came to pick her up from a play area. The...
What color is THIS one, Daughter?
KT Holbrook-Yanit Eugene, OR What my white father asked because I dated young men of several ethnicities. I have to admit I was sad but...
“Mamma, why am I not blonde?”
Padmaja Ganeshan Singh Seattle, WA Growing up here, in the US, my daughter’s definition of a princess, is a blonde, white young girl wearing a...
Don’t cry. Mama loves your curls.
Hilary Roberts-King Baltimore, MD Children’s books and Sesame Street make multi-cultural living look so easy. Of course I want my daughters to be proud of...
Race means when you run around
Eric Brooklyn, NY I gave my daughter a calendar of notable African-Americans for Black history month. She thumbed through the pages and then announced “hey...
I am not like my parents.
Stephanie K. New York City, NY I’m a first generation daughter in the U.S. My parents are Chinese immigrants. They just don’t get it.
No, my daughter is not adopted
Danelle Hoffer Cabot, AR Michele, thank you for this amazing project! I am the incredibly proud white mother of a 16 year old mixed race...
You REALLY don’t look like her!
Thais Machado Teixeira Brazil My mom is black. My dad is white. I am not fair skinned enough to be white or dark enough to...
Why don’t I look like you?
Malie Carvalho Hilo, HI This is what my daughter says to me…she looks like her other parent, not all of our races are the same.
How do I protect my kids?
Michele Kacmarcik Savin Wilmington, DE When I listened to the report on Wednesday I ached for my daughter… whose birth mother, my husbands first wife,...
Yet another way to make generalizations
Carol Sacks, Santa Barbara, CA. My nine-year-old daughter, who is adopted from China, is reading a biography of Muhammad Ali for a book club project....
Chinese daughter made me see ‘white.’
Kristina K. Albuquerque, NM Perhaps it takes a directly personal experience to be willing to see white privilege. We are a mixed-race family. My husband...
White mother brown daughter love fear
Dina Stonberg Philadelphia, PA I have had the privilege to not have to think about race most of my life. Fell in love with a...
