Suddenly seeing what you didn’t see before
You know how it is when you buy a car of a certain color or make and then suddenly start seeing it everywhere when previously you didn’t. Such are many things in life. Once I adopted Tin I started noticing all the handsome young African American boys and youth in our city. So it is also that in preparing to launch Transracial Parenting and reading about race, I’ve noticed how integrated New Orleans is and how segregated it is all in the same lens.
Parties without a single African American or person of Spanish descent are odd to me. They were before, but now they are downright odd. Events that are mostly attended only by African Americans are equally odd.
December 17th, 2012 at 11:54 am
Hubby and I would heartily agree! He was always the one that stood out until we moved out west (Las Vegas) where we fit in splendidly. Here in SLC it’s like going backward a little bit. We see lots of Latinos and Pacific Islanders but not so many African Americans. But slowly, things are changing, and that’s a good thing.
December 17th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Alice – I’m looking forward to your reading my new blog – transracialparenting.com – it will be up soon but I’d love your perspective on raising your children and being married to your husband and your lessons learned.