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“Are You Her Mother?”
My family loves celebrating firsts. First anything. First smile, first word, first birthday, first haircut – you get the idea. But on my daughters first day of school in her dual language (English/Korean) classroom, we got our first are you her mother? question.As a biracial mom raising multicultural children faced with questions like this, I have to remind myself that most people are just curious. My first inclination is to answer, “who do …
An Open Letter To Donald Sterling From A Multiracial Mom
Mr. Sterling,I have four children that are all sports fans. My oldest daughter is a Los Angeles Lakers fan. My other three are Los Angeles Clippers fans. We are a house divided by the sports teams we love and follow.But this week, we were united in sadness. While watching television, the kids and I heard the racially charged audiotapes that your multiracial girlfriend, V.Stiviano, made of you rambling on about black people …