re: #272 moderatelyradicalliberal

If I had a biracial child I would want them to fully embrace both cultures and be proud, but there are some things that I would want them to be clear on and not get blindsided by no matter how they self-identified or what they called themselves later. But then again historically being black and biracial have never been exclusive for African-Americans. I know it’s different in other places like South American,the Caribbean and even in African countries.

Last year, for Black History Month, one of the things we did was put up photos of some of the African-American kids at the school, and ask them to describe their heritage in their own words. Some kids like ‘black’, others ‘African-American’, and still others say ‘Creole’. I also saw “Irish”, “French”, “Italian”, “Cherokee”, “Native American”, “Japanese” and “Filipina” mentioned by some of the kids. It was very beautiful. Some of them wrote elaborate paragraphs, others just a line or two. The other kids really liked it.

(We also had a pair of kids at the assembly dress up as Barack and Michelle, and do a dialogue about black history. It was ADORABLE.)