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 Alex Temblador No mother wants their child to fear the future, but that’s exactly what happened with Donna* of Illinois and her seven-year-old biracial son Tyson. Tyson came up to his mother earlier this year in March and asked her, “Who are you going to vote for, Hillary or the guy who wants segregation?” […]
By Alex Temblador In a recent video featured on Mitu, titled “An Ode to Being Blaxican,” a grandmother starts off by saying, “Be proud of who you are. Black, brown, it don’t matter. You are both, and don’t let nobody tell you any different.” It’s not too hard to fall in love with this woman! […]
On Saturday, August 27, 2016, the Dodgers are hosting a Mixed Heritage Day and we couldn’t be more excited! With the growth of the multiracial community, representation matters — and it appears that the Dodgers understand that. Yet, they might have had a bit of a push from one little mixed eight-year-old boy. Last year, […]
By Miriam Genao As parents, all we want is the best for our children. We want them to excel in any and everything they do. It’s my job as their mother to make sure that happens. I envision certain things for them based on their personalities, athleticism, and talents. My oldest child is José. He’s […]
By Alex Temblador Yesterday, June 12, 2016, was Loving Day, or unofficially at least. Loving Day is the unofficial holiday that celebrates the Supreme Court decision on June 12, 1967, Loving v. Virginia, which struck down the interracial marriage bans across the United States. Loving v. Virginia didn’t just allow for couples of different races […]
Yesterday, Old Navy featured an advertisement on Twitter that offered customers 30% in honor of their “Thank You Event.” However, many customers retweeted and responded to the ad with hateful, racist remarks — because the ad featured a photo of a multiracial family. Many of the responses were extremely hateful, exhibiting how miscegenation – the dating […]
By Halina Newberry Grant My husband followed the sound of my screams. That’s how he found me — by picking up the bread crumbs of profanities I was throwing at doctors and nurses. While he parked the car, I had been put into a scratchy gown and then onto a hospital bed lying on my […]
By Halina Newberry Grant Music is a constant in our house. The Mr. and I met while both temping for a major record label, and our tastes range from avant guard jazz to the Grateful Dead. I’m a big ol’ softie for the kid’s stuff though. My daughter’s bedtime ritual includes five books and five […]
By Halina Newberry Grant The boy is her height, but chubby. He has muddy blond hair, a yellow t-shirt with a green dinosaur, denim shorts and dirty feet from running through the sand. He’s watching some older kids tumble down the slide, all shoes and screams and angled joints. She sees him from across the […]
