Tag: Multicultural Families
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No Regrets: Three Months Into Our Move to Spain
It was exactly three months ago today, that my family and I boarded a plane in Newark, New Jersey and started this journey of reinvention in another country. And I’m happy to say that so far, I have zero regrets about our move to Spain. Waking Up in (Noisy) Heaven Every Day Every morning, I…
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4 Multicultural Distractions for These Dark Days
Hello Meltingpot Community, Do you know what day it is? Are you and your loved one suffering from lockdown fatigue? Are you looking for some quality multicultural distractions for you and your kids? Whether you need distractions from the shitshow happening in Minneapolis and New York City, or just from the monotony of your current…
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7 Multicultural Mamas Giving Me Life on Instagram
Hello Meltingpot Community, Mother’s Day is less than a week away and like all things during a global pandemic, celebrations probably aren’t going to look like Mother’s Day past. No Sunday church services. No champagne brunches. No taking mom shopping to pick out her gift. Of course that doesn’t mean there still aren’t plenty of…
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MAMP Podcast Ep#33:How to be a Meltingpot Mom During a Global Pandemic
Episode 33 is a Meltingpot Minute episode where I’m sharing some tips and suggestions on how to be a Meltingpot Mom during a global pandemic. Think of this a multicultural resource guide for parenting during the Corona crisis. As mothers during these unprecedented times of social isolation, lockdown, fear and homeschooling(!!!), we are tasked with…
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MAMP Q&A: Diedre Anthony of “Are Those Your Kids?”
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…
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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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Colorism in the Mixed-Race Family
Hello Meltingpot Readers, When you think of colorism, what’s the first community you think of? Is it the African-American community, with their #teamlightskin #teamdarkskin hashtags? Is it the the Latinx community, considering baseball legend Sammy Sosa and hip hop star Amara La Negra keep making colorism headlines? Maybe when you think about colorism, your mind…
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Yo, Is That Colorist?: Australian Newscaster Praises Light Skin Twin
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I think you all know I’m working on a book called Same Family, Different Colors where I’m looking at skin color variations in nuclear families and how those skin color differences affect family dynamics. Often times I’m hearing stories about minute variations between brown and browner, but every now and again there…
