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Pride
I think as a parent of any child, but particularly of a child of color, instilling in them a strong source of pride in who they are and what they can become -- ANYTHING -- is the best we can do for them. Books of influential persons of color, music, interracial families groups, all of it is good. Because my DH is black and I am CC and we live in a very diverse area, color hasn't been a big issue for our children. I've often wondered, though, how our culture has, for so many generations, ignored blacks in our history books. Black Americans and Native Americans founded and built this country. Funny how we can just ignore that -- NOT!! Maybe there's more we can do together. Maybe this is what it takes -- for families to be blended of beautiful colors -- in order for the real change to take place.
Josie
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