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9/21/09
"Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated. "
In our eyes, Mrs. Klum is an expert at being pregnant. Her appearance at last night's Emmys provided the official seal. Whether you like her dress or not, you can't deny the fact that she is stunning and absolutely glowing. Congratulations to her and singer Seal on the upcoming addition to their multicultural family.
Photo Source: Google
Photo Source: Google
9/20/09
"Are you prepared to understand that your child's experience will not be the same as yours?"
Approximately 20,000 inter-country adoptions are taking place per year. In addition, there are more than 200,000 foreign-adopted children already living in the U.S. (US Citizenship and Immigration Services)
This past week saw an increase in this statistic when Katherine Heigl ("Grey's Anatomy") and her husband, Josh Kelly, introduced to the world their newly adopted daughter from South Korea. Mrs. Heigl joins the team of other celebrities who are now part of cross-racially blended families as a result of adoption - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Meg Ryan, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, just to name a few.
For those who are a part of blended adoptive families, please share your experience.
If you are a parent, did you understand that your child's experience would not be the same as yours?
If you did not understand this beforehand, when and how did you learn this lesson?
How did you prepare your adoptive child to deal with those differences?
If you have other children of your race/culture, how did you prepare them for those differences?
If you are a sibling, did your parents talk to you about what it meant to be related to someone of a different cultural/racial background? If so, how did they do it?
When (if ever) and how did you become aware of the differences between you and your sibling(s)?
Your thoughts are valued. Please share.
9/19/09
"Psychological confusion is caused by the inability to reconcile different elements in my own personality..."
http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/atlas/censr01-110.pdf
"About 42 percent of those who have checked more than one race on the US Census forms are under age 18."
Your mother is Bengali and your father is Czech. You are presented with a form that asks you to choose one out of the four racial categories listed: Asian; African American/ Black; Caucasian; and Latino/ Hispanic. Which do you choose? Which side of your family do you honor and which one do you brush to the side?
One of EIRIC™'s founding principles is the belief that a well-rounded multiracial child is one that is encouraged to explore, celebrate, and connect the colorful dots that make him a whole person. We have a kindred spirit in Project RACE. We support their mission "for a multiracial classification on all school, employment, state, federal, local, census and medical forms requiring racial data." We wouldn't ask a child to choose between his right and left hand so why are we forcing him to choose one ancestry line over the other?
Your thoughts are invaluable to us.
Where do you stand on this subject? Are you a multiracial individual who has had to choose? How do you self-identify? How does the world identify you? If you have children, how do they self-identify? How does the world identify them? What conversations (if any) have you had with them regarding this topic?
"About 42 percent of those who have checked more than one race on the US Census forms are under age 18."
Your mother is Bengali and your father is Czech. You are presented with a form that asks you to choose one out of the four racial categories listed: Asian; African American/ Black; Caucasian; and Latino/ Hispanic. Which do you choose? Which side of your family do you honor and which one do you brush to the side?
One of EIRIC™'s founding principles is the belief that a well-rounded multiracial child is one that is encouraged to explore, celebrate, and connect the colorful dots that make him a whole person. We have a kindred spirit in Project RACE. We support their mission "for a multiracial classification on all school, employment, state, federal, local, census and medical forms requiring racial data." We wouldn't ask a child to choose between his right and left hand so why are we forcing him to choose one ancestry line over the other?
Your thoughts are invaluable to us.
Where do you stand on this subject? Are you a multiracial individual who has had to choose? How do you self-identify? How does the world identify you? If you have children, how do they self-identify? How does the world identify them? What conversations (if any) have you had with them regarding this topic?
9/18/09
"Hey, wake up Martin Luther...Welcome to the future"
Racism:
n.
1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
We were up to our necks yesterday reading articles about the current battle of words (or word, in this case) taking place on the political circuit. Today we discovered Brad Paisley's Welcome to the Future video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JAH_V3gb5c.
Although discussed from two very different perspectives, they have the same underlying message of "race and racial harmony or disharmony is vastly different than in the past."
We of course are curious about your thoughts behind racism as it is today.
How do you see that racism has changed over the years?
Does racism still carry the same social stigma?
Are people still offended and hurt at the thought of being labeled a racist?
Please share some stories about your personal experience with this subject.
Source: Racial Harmony Forum
n.
1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
We were up to our necks yesterday reading articles about the current battle of words (or word, in this case) taking place on the political circuit. Today we discovered Brad Paisley's Welcome to the Future video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JAH_V3gb5c.
Although discussed from two very different perspectives, they have the same underlying message of "race and racial harmony or disharmony is vastly different than in the past."
We of course are curious about your thoughts behind racism as it is today.
How do you see that racism has changed over the years?
Does racism still carry the same social stigma?
Are people still offended and hurt at the thought of being labeled a racist?
Please share some stories about your personal experience with this subject.
Source: Racial Harmony Forum
"Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him."
http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/Racial_violence_brought_to_public_focus_20090908
We are grateful that they're both alive and able to talk about it. It takes a lot of frustration, anger, and self-hate to almost take a human life because you are uncomfortable with a person's choice for a partner.
Please share your experience.
Has someone's dislike or hatred of your interracial relationship ever gotten physical?
How did you handle the situation?
What was the aftermath for you as a couple?
PSA: If you know anything about this vicious attack, please speak up. Let us remind these attackers that we live in what is supposed to be a civilized society.
We are grateful that they're both alive and able to talk about it. It takes a lot of frustration, anger, and self-hate to almost take a human life because you are uncomfortable with a person's choice for a partner.
Please share your experience.
Has someone's dislike or hatred of your interracial relationship ever gotten physical?
How did you handle the situation?
What was the aftermath for you as a couple?
PSA: If you know anything about this vicious attack, please speak up. Let us remind these attackers that we live in what is supposed to be a civilized society.
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