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.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Bloggers Love That Biracial Baby! And Hate Her Moms.

Have you heard about the little Ohio girl whose moms are suing the sperm bank over her blackness?

This story has stirred up an incredible amount of chatter on the blogosphere, much of it ugly.
So when LifetimeMoms invited me to submit a piece, how could I resist?

Most of the public commentary has been heavily weighted by prejudice and supposition. Broadcast interviews of the birth mother were the most reliable source of information I could find. She didn't seem like the racist, ignorant, self-serving bitch being profiled on most of the blogs I read. In fact, she reminded me of a handful of friends whose life choices defy their own conservative upbringing. Maybe I bring a little more empathy to the table than some of my fellow bloggers do. My biracial heritage and multiracial family could have something to do with that.

I keep thinking about the little girl at the center of the story. I truly hope that her situation is less superficial than what we're lead to believe. And I hope that when all of this noise we're making subsides, she's able to believe that her mothers love her and have had only good intentions at heart.

My intention is that my post adds a voice of reason to the discussion.
Please check it out:

http://www.lifetimemoms.com/in-the-news/couple-sues-sperm-bank-over-biracial-baby-and-i-hope-they-win

And if you feel inclined to Like, Share, or Comment, please do so on the LifetimeMoms site.


Peace out.

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