Racially Motivated Hate Crimes Against Interracial Couples Are Becoming More Commonplace
If you were under the impression that hate crimes against certain races were a thing of the past, your trust in the unity of our great nation wasn’t much different than that of Joshua and Sharon ...
Illegal to be Mrs. Stillman?
I was sitting with two of my daughters and my husband, talking about the poll that was taken in Mississippi that showed 46% of Republicans that participated thought interracial marriage should be illegal. I tried ...
The Ridiculous Things We Get Asked
My two year old daughter, Zoe, and I were sitting in Applebee’s waiting on our lunch when an elderly man approached our table as he passed by to leave, patted the top of her head, ...
The Story that Launched The IFO!
One year ago, myself and two friends started this website/organization. We had all been friends for several years on the Internet and originally met on a Yahoo chat group for Mothers with Biracial children. We ...
Prejudice and You
A prejudice is a preconceived belief, opinion or judgment especially toward a group of people characterized by their race, social class, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or religion. Also, it means a priori beliefs (without ...
I am MOM
My son has been teasing me since he was little to get his ears pierced and though I really don’t want to see him in pierced ears I allowed him to use his own money ...
The Older I Get, the More Disappointed I Am
Youth always comes with innocence and being naive. That was certainly me as a teenager and young adult. I assumed that the majority of grown ups were good people who were compassionate and saw other ...
The Census is Coming!
The year 2000 was the first time that multiracial people were allowed to choose more than one box to mark as their race on the census forms. This month the census will begin again. Soon ...
The War on Stereotyping is Far From Over
I was interviewing a wonderful nurse for a home health position at my job. She came to fill out an application and did not know she would get to speak to anyone. She was wearing ...
Twitter Wars
For those who don’t know, I am most definitely addicted to Twitter. I’ve got over 3300 followers and I tweet several times daily. If you’re not familiar with this particular social network, let me explain ...
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