MixtKids

One Mom's journey to raise empowered mixed-race children

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Wow! This is 2009, right?

And yet another reminder of just how much the color of one’s skin can affect their life, their future, their love.  Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish’s 8th Ward in Lousiana, recently refused to issue a marriage license to Beth Humphrey and her boyfriend, Terence McKay.  Why?  Well, he’s Black, she’s […]

When I was a kid….

I walked 5 miles to school, in the snow, uphill both ways and with no shoes. Ok, Ok, that’s a joke. Or an attempt. Not a very good one, I admit.  Let’s just move on. It’s roughly 2pm and in an hour, I’ll give the baby her a sippy with milk, toss her in the […]

Newt approves Obama's school speech!

Seriously, all the rhetoric, complaining, threatening, slander and propaganda.  All that and then Conservative “top dog”, Newt Gingrich, decides Obama’s really just a President and a parent, trying to encourage our kids to be better students, work hard for their achievements and simply be good future citizens and leaders of this great country.  So after […]