Tag: Multiracial Families
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MAMP Podcast Ep #34: DNA Travel, Multiracial Identity & Adoption
On episode 34 of the My American Meltingpot podcast we’re talking about travel, family and finding self. Yes, we’re in the middle of a global pandemic and travel is probably the last thing on anyone’s mind right now, but this episode isn’t about planning the perfect cruise or finding cheap flights. My guest on the…
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MAMP Podcast Ep#30: How to Live a Boldly Multicultural Life
On episode 30 of the My American Meltingpot podcast, I’ve invited serial entrepreneur and activist, Sonia Smith-Kang to share how she lives a boldly multicultural life. Sonia is a multicultural advocate who draws from her rich cultural heritage as an Afro-Latina and proud military brat born in Puerto Rico and stationed on the Hawaiian island…
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Chef Karen Ricks, Wants You to Play with Your Food
Hello Meltingpot Community, Today is Monday and I have another Meltingpot Mom to introduce. I “met” international chef, Karen Ricks on the Interwebs. Our paths crossed in a few Facebook groups and on Instagram. It’s not hard to see why. Like me, she’s a Black woman married to white man. She loves travel, cooking and…
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Mamp Podcast Episode #8: The Challenges of Traveling as a Multiracial Family
On episode #8 of the podcast, we’re discussing the challenges of traveling as a multiracial family. Thanks to Cindy McCain, the widow of Senator John McCain, this issue recently made headlines when Mrs. McCain believed she was witnessing a case of child trafficking at an Arizona airport. What McCain really saw was a mother traveling…
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Raising Bilingual Kids with Mixed Results
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I used to joke that the only reason I married el esposo was because I wanted my children to be bilingual. While that clearly wasn’t the only reason I married my husband, I was dead serious about wanting my children to speak Spanish fluently. Luckily, el esposo was just as committed as…
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MAMP History: Josephine Baker and the Original Rainbow Coalition
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Today I’m introducing a new feature here on the Meltingpot called My American Meltingpot History, where I’ll be highlighting some of the most Meltingpot moments in our nation’s past. Because mainstream history books and the lessons many of us were taught in school emphasized a segregated version of American history, many people…
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Can A Black Man Get an Amen At a Royal Wedding?
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I’m sure it will come as no surprise that I watched Meghan and Harry’s wedding from start to finish on Saturday. Please note, I did not get up at four in the morning to watch it live because I don’t stan for the royals like that, even if this was the first…
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White Moms, Black Children and a Mysterious Death
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Has anyone else been following this bizarre story about the two white adoptive moms who were found dead at the bottom of a cliff with three of their adopted Black children in their car? There are rumors circulating that this was a suicide/murder following an investigation of child abuse, but nothing has…
