Category: Identity Politics
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Mixie Families Unite In Response to Cheerios Haters
Hi Meltingpot Readers, I am entering the final week of writing madness. My manuscript for the updated version of Hair Story is due a week from today. Yikes! Please send me good writing vibes and any recipes to feed a family of five that requires exactly five minutes of prep time. Is it wrong to…
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Happy Loving Day! Kiss a Mixie, Eat Some Cheerios, Spread Some Interracial Love!
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Today is officially Loving Day, the day the Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage in the United States, thanks to the audacity of one couple, Mildred and Richard Loving. What’s not to love about Loving Day? I have an extra special reason to kiss my kids and el esposo today. I might buy…
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“What Kind of Asian Are You?”
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Have you seen this hilarious video? I cracked up when my son showed it to me the other day and I used it to share with him all the experiences I had abroad when folks wanted to know what part of Africa my people came from. In Spain and Morocco people didn’t…
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Warning Walmart Shoppers: If Your Kids Don’t Look Like You, Stay Away!
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 because, well, he was White and the three girls he was with appeared to be Black. A witness alerted Walmart security of this peculiar arrangement saying quote,…
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What Do You Know About Louis C.K.?
Hi Meltingpot Readers, What do you know about Louis C.K.? I admit I didn’t and still don’t know much except that he is a comedian, he has his own show on cable, and that even though he looks like a White American, he’s actually Mexican. I’ve read a few things about him here and there…
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“Learning to Love My White-Girl Hair”
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 have a co-blogger (is co-blogger even a word?) but we’ve committed to posting everyday, which means I’m blogging a lot and I have that full-time job and…
