Tag Archives: Mixed Race Experience

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

Posted on 22 May, 2013 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 0

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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“Learning to Love My White-Girl Hair”

Posted on 3 April, 2013 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 2

Hi Meltingpot Readers, So, I warned you that my attention is being stretched in various different places these days, one of them being my new website, HairStoryOnline.com. I [..]

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Ayana Mathis & Emily Raboteau Live in Philly! Ms. Meltingpot Goes Full-On Groupie

Posted on 25 January, 2013 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 4

Hi Meltingpot Readers, Can you hear my heart beating rapidly with excitement and joy? Seriously, dear readers, I went full-on groupie last night, ditching the kids and el [..]

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Black Mom, White Baby

Posted on 10 December, 2012 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 2

Hi Meltingpot Readers, In honor of last night’s airing of CNN’s Who is Black in America (which I have not seen yet, because I don’t have cable. But [..]

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Kinks in the Kitchen: Babygirl is Sprouting Black Girl Hair

Posted on 21 September, 2012 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 5

Hi Meltingpot Readers, It is with great relief and joy that I officially announce right here on the Meltingpot, that babygirl’s hair finally seems to be achieving a [..]

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Do Head Lice Respect the One-Drop Rule?

Posted on 29 August, 2012 by Ms. Meltingpot | Permalink 2

I originally wrote this post almost four years ago, but it still rings true today. And as we get ready to go back to school, I’m still curious [..]

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