‘Waking Up’ to why Diversity Matters It was a hot day in Bristol, England when I became conscious that my family wouldn’t always ‘fit in’. Our eldest was only a year old and we were playing in our local playground, a predominantly white area but one that was upwardly mobile and perhaps considered ‘middle class’. …
Do Mixed Race People Experience ‘Problems’? I don’t buy into this notion that being mixed race is a ‘problem’. I grew up mixed race and am now raising three multiracial children in a multicultural family. So I understand a lot of the nuances that go along with being multicultural, multiracial or mixed race. I’ve also …
Whether you’re in an established multicultural marriage or you’re just starting out on your journey in an intercultural relationship, figuring out what makes multicultural families work is a lifelong journey. There are never any hard and fast rules in any relationship. It takes time, compromise, communication and maturity for couples to get to a place …
How many times have you heard this one from your darling daughters before? “Mummy, I want long hair… like the princesses”. Or, how about this? “Mum, I can’t be Superman without a mask. My skin is too brown”. For Mums of brown skinned beauties, the words coming out of our children’s mouths seem to take …
Black or Multiracial?: Raising Biracial Kids The other day I came across a post from a fellow multiracial mama about how she refuses to call her biracial kids black but instead intentionally refers to them as multiracial or mixed. It generated an interesting discussion about why, why not, and whether that is truly the message we should be …
