Understanding why hair matters to mixed race children I have to admit I never fully understood the hair issue many black or mixed race women talk about with so much passion. I guess, as a light skinned middle eastern woman with European features, I never paused to fully appreciate all of the implications attached to …
Raising a biracial child: Where it all started… My daughter was about two years old when she leaned forward to poke her head through the seats of our rental car one day to tell me that “Mummy is white” and “Daddy is brown”. “That’s right, I replied, slightly caught unaware that at that age, she …
‘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 …
