Author Archives: Ms. Meltingpot

Warning Walmart Shoppers: If Your Kids Don’t Look Like You, Stay Away!

Posted on 22 May, 2013 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 2

Hi Meltingpot Readers, By now you’ve probably heard of this incident that took place at a Walmart in Virginia. A White man was suspected of kidnapping three children [..]

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French Kids Don’t Get ADHD? Really?

Posted on 20 May, 2013 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 6

Hi Meltingpot Readers, As if we didn’t already gnash our teeth over the fact that French women don’t get fat even though they eat cheese and French children [..]

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Chimamanda Adichie: My New Author Crush

Posted on 16 May, 2013 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 4

Hi Meltingpot Readers, If you follow me on twitter, then you know I’ve been gushing about my new author crush, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I even love the lyrical [..]

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Kinky in Spain: A 21st Century Hair Story

Posted on 13 May, 2013 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 0

Hi Meltingpot Readers, If you know me then you know two of my twin passions are Black hair and Spain. Not necessarily Black hair in Spain, but you [..]

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Did You Know This About Me?

Posted on 8 May, 2013 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 4

Hi Meltingpot Readers, Did you know I was supposed to be a teacher, not a writer? In college, after earning a C in my first creative writing class, [..]

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My First Book ReBorn

Posted on 5 May, 2013 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 2

Hi Meltingpot Readers, In case you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to — besides my usual combination of teaching, parenting and blogging —  and you want to [..]

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Black Girl Sings in Hmong Language

Posted on 2 May, 2013 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 2

Hi Meltingpot Readers, Sorry it’s been awhile. The end of the semester is hitting me hard. But I couldn’t resist posting this story I just saw on the [..]

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Teaching My Mixie Son “How to Be Black” with Baratunde Thurston

Posted on 21 April, 2013 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink Comments Off

Hi Meltingpot Readers, Parenting is hard. Can we all just admit that? If only our kids were just mini replicas of ourselves, perhaps we’d be better prepared to [..]

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