Tag: Mixed Race families
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MAMP Podcast Ep #27 Rewind: The Challenges of Traveling as a Multiracial Family
On episode 27 of the My American Meltingpot podcast, we’re talking about the joys and challenges of multiracial family travel. What makes traveling as a multiracial family unique and different? Tune into this honest and fact-filled episode to find out. Be warned, we’re talking about more than hair products and sunscreen…although these multicultural essentials do…
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Being the Black Body in a White Family
Hola Meltingpot Readers, I’m coming at you live and in-person from the sunny south of Spain. It is absolutely gorgeous here – clear blue skies, radiant sun, palm trees, flowers flaunting every color from the deepest purple to the sharpest pinks. We’re currently staying with el esposo’s family and they live in a beautiful home…
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The Colorism Chronicles: When Mommy is White But Her Kids are Brown
Hello Meltingpot Readers, The summer after my book Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America’s Diverse Families was released, I decided to create an accompanying video series to further explore what life was like in nuclear families where skin color variations and colorism were part of the family dynamic. Because conversations around color are…
