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The conversation around race in the United States (and I’m guessing globally) has changed dramatically over the past several years. Now more than ever, online social justice activists are bringing the concepts of institutional racism and white privilege to the mainstream, and I think it’s a real opportunity for parents of young children and teens […]

My son was born the same day Michael Brown was killed. The irony of giving birth to a white male who will likely never have to wonder if his color is a reason he is being treated unfairly, or, yes, even killed, is not lost on me. My heart is heavy. I believe many other parents […]

First, I want you to know that this post will likely make you uncomfortable. I know this, because I’ve been saying parts of it out loud in my every day life for a few years now. But first, before anyone gets defensive, my husband and I are also white parents. Our son, however, is black. […]

As is very obvious to anyone following me here on HB, I am white, Mr. T is Indian (well actually, Malaysian-Indian), and our children are biracial. Although Mr. T and I grew up in the same general area (and met in high school), because of our different ethnic backgrounds we had pretty different experiences growing […]

All this Linsanity (and the subsequent firing of the ESPN writer who wrote the “Chink in the Armor” headline) got me to thinking about whether or not Charlie and Olive will face racism in our world today. Growing up in a mixed lower-middle/middle-class neighborhood in Los Angeles, I endured a lot of racist slurs. The […]