Hello Meltingpot Community,
It’s Monday and I have another Q&A with an amazing meltingpot mom and content creator.
Diedre Anthony is a school counselor, farmer’s wife, and mother to three biracial children. She resides in South Georgia and has an obsession for office supplies, curly hair products and shoes. On her blog Are Those Your Kids? , she touches on topics such as race, diversity, curly hair and motherhood.
I first “met” Diedre in the blogosphere because of her blog. As a Black mom with mixed-race kids who often pass as anything but my kids, I immediately knew I’d found a kindred spirit online.
Diedre also maintains a super active Facebook group called, Are Those Your Kids?: Navigating Multiracial Motherhood One Day at a Time. The group has well over 3,000 members and Diedre does an amazing job answering questions, creating a welcoming community and offering resources and ideas for mothers raising diverse families. And she always seems to be able to do with it a positive attitude.
So, I wanted to get to know Diedre a little better and thought you would too.
Meet Diedre Anthony
Ms. Meltingpot: Can you tell our community a little bit about yourself?
Diedre Anthony: My name is Diedre and I’ve been married to my husband for 10 years this December. We have three beautiful, biracial children ages 8, 5 & 1.5. My parents are Jamaican and I grew up on an Air Force Base, so diversity and culture have always been an interest of mine. I love learning about the places my friends traveled to and from. I’m a farmer’s wife and a school counselor by day, and blogger/writer in my “free” time.
MM: What’s the origin story for the Are those Your Kids? brand and what does it look like today?
MM: What inspires you to do the work you do? How do you stay inspired?
DA: When I look at the work around me and see that we still have so much work to do, it inspires me to dig my heels in deep and keep having those tough conversations. My children and other minority children need me and others to keep having these conversations.
MM: What are you most proud of doing, creating or accomplishing as it relates to Are those Your Kids?
DA: I’ve always wanted to be a writer, so seeing my name online through various freelancing projects is fulfilling.
I also love when people send me private messages and let me know how the conversations help them, even when they are difficult conversations. My heart is for loving on and helping people and Are Those Your Kids? helps me do just that–touch people all over the world.
MM: What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? (Always want to end on a sweet note!)
DA: Pistachio almond hands down!
