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Curly Hair is Beautiful Too! How Everyday Conversations Become Life Lessons in Our House.

Parenting

Baby girl: “Daddy, you need a haircut.” Husband: “Do I?” Baby girl: “Yes, but not too much. Just a little off the top. You don’t want to be bald because then people would laugh at you.” Husband (after some laughter): “Well baby, I don’t really care if people laugh at me. If they laugh at [...]

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Atlanta Billboards Say Black Children Are An Endangered Species

Pregnancy

I first saw this story on the Orlando Sentinel’s Moms at Work blog, but with a quick search found other stories like the one on NYDailyNews.com. What do you think? What is your initial reaction to the billboard? Do you think it’s effective in getting their message across? You may have to read the stories [...]

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Brown is Not Enough

Parenting

I’ve been thinking about something for the past few weeks that has just been eating me up inside. And after attending BlogHer 09 and sitting in on the Women of Color session PLUS having lunch with a group of lovely women of color, it’s been on my mind even more. Why is it so hard [...]

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Study Finds Differences in Moms by Race

Motherhood

A few months back, Sheena of the Mommy Daddy Blog posted some results of a study that examined moms by race. In the post, only results of Caucasian and African American moms were included. So, I mentioned to Sheena that it would have been nice to know how Latina moms would have fared in such [...]

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Choice in dolls says a lot about race issues

Motherhood

I’m way behind on reading blogs and past posts, but I’m desperately trying to catch up. Today I caught a post on Because Mom Said So from Jan. 23 about a high school student’s documentary and the debate it’s sparking up. Titled, Student’s documentary on Race has people stunned, the post links to a news [...]

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It’s True!

Puerto Rico

I was bored and decided to browse Blogthings. I took the Who’s Your Inner European quiz and guess what????!!! I am indeed of Spanish heritage! Now if you don’t know, I am Puerto Rican, which of course means I have Spanish blood, but if you don’t believe me, see for yourself! lol Your Inner European [...]

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Really? I never noticed…

I came across an article on MSNBC.com today titled “U.S. report: Racial disparities continue“. My first thought was – no kidding. The report details how there is a gap amongst whites, blacks, and hispanics concerning education, income, and home ownership. Here’s a little excerpt: Decades after the civil rights movement, racial disparities in income, education [...]

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Whites, Blacks, Hispanics Disagree About Way Minority Groups Treated

July 11, 2006 Whites, Blacks, Hispanics Disagree About Way Minority Groups Treated Whites diverge from blacks, Hispanics in their views of black-Hispanic relations by Jeffrey M. Jones GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup’s annual Minority Rights and Relations poll finds that non-Hispanic whites are much more likely than blacks or Hispanics to express satisfaction [...]

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