Tag: Same Family Different Colors
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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…
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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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Ms. Meltingpot is Coming Back to Blogging
Hello? Is anybody still out there? Anyone? I know I don’t deserve to have anybody answer me. Technically, I’ve been gone for almost two years now, but I didn’t mean it. I got caught up writing my book, Same Family, Different Colors and then promoting that book. I created a new blog for that book…
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And Speaking of Books…Same Family, Different Colors is Almost Here!
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Remember way back in May 2014, when I announced that I’d gotten a new book deal and I would be writing a book about skin color politics in diverse communities? Well Ms. Meltingpot has been chugging along and things are moving so quickly, I can hardly believe it. The book is now…
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#Black Hair + Books: Hairs, Pelitos by Sandra Cisneros
Hola Meltingpot Readers, We’re nearing the end of Black History Month, but I’ve saved this book for (almost) last. Like Monday’s offering, today’s book, Hair’s/Pelitos is a book from a Latina author who knows something about Black hair. Sandra Cisneros is known more for her adult fiction – most notably The House on Mango Street…
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Same Family, Different Colors: A Personal Story
Hi Meltingpot Readers, If you have the time, please pop over to Newsworks.org to read my latest parenting column on what it means to be a member of a family with many colors. I will continue to blog over there on Newsworks about these issues in 2016, in anticipation of my new book coming out…
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I Read #DiverseBooks: Ms. Meltingpot’s 2015 Year in Review of Books
Hello Meltingpot Readers, On this last day of 2015, I thought it only appropriate to reflect. Reflect that is, on what I read this past year. If you recall, one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to read more in 2015 because I’d noticed that I’d been reading for work and not for pleasure and…
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#TeamLightSkin vs #TeamDarkSkin Take it to the Beach
Hello Meltingpot Readers, If you’re regulars here, then you know I’m working on a book called Same Family, Different Colors that explores colorism in the United States. I’ve been working on the book for quite a while now, and have been completely immersed in the world of colorism, so much so, I didn’t think anything…