Articles A Bed Time Routine for Black Lives Matter In the wake of, #KorrynGaines, Chris Crass talks to his white son about powerful Black women in history and the violence of racism.
Articles Please Don't Give the Half-Japanese Guy at the Sushi Bar a Fork Consider my dismay when I was recently handed a fork while saddling up to a sushi bar. Not a big deal if you’re a non-Asian person who’s actually capable of using chopsticks — you just ask for chopsticks. For me, however, the mere presentation of a fork, specifically to me after seeing my face, is a disappointment.
Articles Something More is Required of Us Now. What? I have struggled to find words to express what I thought and felt as I watched the videos of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile being killed by the police. Last night, I wanted to say something that hasn’t been said a hundred times before. It finally dawned on me that there is nothing to say that hasn’t been said before.
Articles Race & Homeschooling An EmbraceRace series of articles about race and homeschooling, from the perspectives of three different homeschooling parents.
Articles My Name is Yuvasi y Soy Bilingüe Spanish is not only our language, it’s how we express our love for each other.
Articles Real Sisters and Brothers Witnessing my children become brothers and sisters, not through shared genes but through shared experience, has been one of the most powerful parts of raising them.
Articles Homeschooling My Black Son for Liberation I liken our son’s homeschool experience to that of a Historically Black College and University, sheltering and protecting him from institutionalized racism but allowing him to safely explore his heritage from an Afrocentric perspective.
Articles Being Mixed Means Always Having to Say You're Sorry For me, being mixed race has meant feeling like I needed to continually justify, excuse, or explain myself.