My mother is white and my father was black. I am not alone in this. I grew up in the Bronx, New York City. Born in 1967. A relatively safe time and place for a brown girl of ambiguous ethnicity. As the mother of two little brown girls, I like to believe that race doesn't matter much. But the election of Barack Obama woke me up. Ignorance is everywhere. Race labels ring in my ears. They stick and they stain. Even when they fade. This is my rant, from “post-racial America”. Hoping to shed some light.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Who Is Browngirl?

I have been called
Nigger
Bitch
Mulatto
White
Mommy
Sweet Wife
Daughter
Sister
Beautiful Brown Girl
Smart
Sexy
Thoughtful
Sarcastic
Moody
Capable
Good

I am a(n)
Critical Thinker
Ethicist
Artist
Pacifist
Jewish Atheist
Tree Hugging Ex-Urban Mixed-Race Mother of Mixed-Race Children

I am Browngirl.
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