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Great Books for African American Children: Luke on the Loose
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Great Books for African American Children: Luke on the Loose. April 15, 2014. Annika has always liked the illustrations in stories as much as the stories themselves. Around age 3, she insisted, more than once, on checking out some Japanese anime books even though we couldn’t read them and the story lines were most likely not even appropriate for her age level. She just liked looking at the pictures. We started out with her first recommendation, Luke on the Loose (Toon). I recommend this book for early re...
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Great Books for African American Children: Lola Reads to Leo
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Great Books for African American Children: Lola Reads to Leo. April 17, 2014. We picked up Lola Reads to Leo. A few weeks ago and Annika was very charmed by it. It’s a sweet, simple book, really for slightly younger kids, more for 3-4 year olds, but she still likes simple storybooks sometimes even though we are reading chapter books for most our nighttime reading now. Lola Reads to Leo is written by author Anna McQuinn. Pick it up here on Amazon or check it out at your local library, like I did. Syndicat...
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Guest Post: I’m Not Colorblind
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Guest Post: I’m Not Colorblind. November 19, 2013. Today I’m hosting a post from a new internet friend, blogger, Only-Mama. She reached out to me after my post in Brain, Child. Intrigued at the thought of writing about racial topics as a white woman. Having written about race/racism once on BlogHer, this brilliant piece, A White Girl’s Thoughts on White Girls Acting White. Only-Mama said she wanted to give another try on my blog. I moved away, and later on in high school I had a few black friends, but no...
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Guest Post: Awkward Silences
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Guest Post: Awkward Silences. March 11, 2014. Today’s guest post is from one of my newer internet friends. She is a single mama, like me. She also reminds me of myself about a decade and more ago when I started trying to really understand racism. She is Only-Mama. On the topic of race. When you are a white girl like me, you say stupid things on occasion without realizing why you just said the wrong thing. For example, I had a coworker whose daughter was pregnant the same time that I was, so we talked...
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White Lesbians, Biracial Baby and Bigotry
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White Lesbians, Biracial Baby and Bigotry. October 6, 2014. I’m so angry about the stupidity surrounding the story about the white lesbians who accidentally received some African American sperm and ended up with a biracial baby. Jennifer Cramblett with her daughter Payton. Last week this story broke. White folks are horrified that a white person would admit they feel challenged by parenting a black child. It forces the white community to admit that racism still exists. It sure is a lot easier to ...If yo...
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Racism
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Book Review: Racism, A Short History. October 30, 2014. In order to truly understand racism, we need to understand where it comes from. I would guess that many black folks have a basic understanding of the beginnings. And in the same vein, I would guess that most white folks don’t. Once slavery and the Jim Crow era were erased from our law books, the educational system began erasing it from our history books. White families didn’t sit around talking about the good old days of slavery and segreg...But in ...
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Black History Month Is Now, But It Doesn’t Have To End
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Black History Month Is Now, But It Doesn’t Have To End. February 20, 2014. Every year since Annika has been born, I make an effort every February to instill regular discussions and education about black American history. All that said, I think it’s hugely important for white parents, as well as parents of color, to teach their children about racism, otherism, and other forms of prejudice, including homophobia and genderism, which we also discuss. Children’s Books for Black History. Two black history book...
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Submit Guest Posts
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Guest Post Submission Guidelines. I do accept guest posts. For the most part, I have only accepted a few that I have hand picked. However, I am looking for more guest posts. My guidelines are very strict about the topic/subject of your post. As of now, I will only accept guest posts that are on the topic of race/racism/culture. Guest posters should have a blog or website that revolves around a personal life. It cannot be a business blog. All posts will be thoroughly edited for potentially offensive langu...
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Religion
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Book Review: Racism, A Short History. October 30, 2014. In order to truly understand racism, we need to understand where it comes from. I would guess that many black folks have a basic understanding of the beginnings. And in the same vein, I would guess that most white folks don’t. Once slavery and the Jim Crow era were erased from our law books, the educational system began erasing it from our history books. White families didn’t sit around talking about the good old days of slavery and segreg...But in ...
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Books
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Great Books for African American Children: Lola Reads to Leo. April 17, 2014. We picked up Lola Reads to Leo. A few weeks ago and Annika was very charmed by it. It’s a sweet, simple book, really for slightly younger kids, more for 3-4 year olds, but she still likes simple storybooks sometimes even though we are reading chapter books for most our nighttime reading now. Lola Reads to Leo is written by author Anna McQuinn. Pick it up here on Amazon or check it out at your local library, like I did. Annika h...