Ancestry.com released a Fourth of July campaign ad which recreated John Trumball’s famous “Declaration of Independence” painting with the descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. However, unlike the original painting, Ancestry.com’s ad is a lot more ethnically and racially diverse. Ancestry.com found 29 direct descendants of the signers of the Declaration of […]
With so few family-friendly TV shows committed to diversity, it was heartwarming to see Sesame Street support diverse families this Pride Month. On Friday, Sesame Street tweeted a Pride-inspired photo of a rainbow of Muppets and the message: “Sesame Street is proud to support families of all sizes, shapes, and colors.” Sesame Street has always […]
There’s a lot of reasons to celebrate in June. Not only is it Pride Month and the anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, but it’s also the anniversary month of Loving v. Virginia. Interracial marriage was legalized in the United States thanks to Loving v. Virginia, and it was one of the many precedents in the […]
Brandi Benner went to Target with her daughter Sophia to reward her with a doll after accomplishing a potty training milestone. Benner was expecting a fun experience with her daughter, but things went a little differently than she imagined. Sophia picked out a doll with dark colored skin that was dressed as a doctor, probably […]
We probably would have loved any TV show that Julie Andrews was a part of — I mean, it’s Julie Andrews. So when we came across her new Netflix children’s TV show called Julie’s Greenroom and discovered how packed it was with diversity, well, of course we fell in love with it. Julie’s Greenroom features Julie […]
By Brandy black Raising kids in a modern family with two moms, it is often difficult — okay, near impossible — to find children’s TV programs or films that feature families like ours. But it doesn’t stop there. We’ve also noticed a lack in TV and film featuring other diverse families or with characters that […]
By Halina Newberry Grant My three-year-old daughter and I were sitting at a table in our favorite neighborhood restaurant a few weeks ago, and there was another mom and her son—also three—sitting at the end of the table, both white. As they do, the kids were squirming in their seats, eye-balling each other and waiting […]
By: Danny Thomas, guest writer Back in October, Maybe late September… The presidential race was at an apex. And I was thinking about fundamentalism And stuff, While raking leaves. I was thinking how the work of fundamentalists is to fight against reason. To take It away. How they force those of us who aim toward […]
By: Amber Leventry For centuries songs have been empowering and evoking us. They have been soothing and supporting us. They have been breaking and mending our hearts. When we sing, we are connected to everyone before us who felt moved in some way to add melody to their voices. We Shall Overcome, The Story of […]
By Craig Yoshihara Dory isn’t normal. But then, who is? That’s why I guess I loved Finding Dory. I love the way the creators of the film treated her. Even though she suffers from short-term memory loss, nobody makes fun of her, and they don’t pity her either. They don’t treat her as somebody who […]
