tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18659479.post8294300188490843621..comments2023-08-25T09:17:55.016-04:00Comments on She is able...: The 5 Question Interview, Part 2L. Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636048549849790456noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18659479.post-89359924286123042412007-04-13T14:52:00.000-04:002007-04-13T14:52:00.000-04:00Definately the most shocking answer to all these q...Definately the most shocking answer to all these questions was "Dirty Dancing"<BR/><BR/>I agree 100% with Angela and I love that book BTW! <BR/><BR/>I'm glad your kids will speak Spanish. Its super important.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, I would have loved to have been a camper in Maine with you as my counselor. You can still in the summers!Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206122120897748304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18659479.post-53197929999810523852007-04-12T12:57:00.000-04:002007-04-12T12:57:00.000-04:00You bring up a lot of good points, angela. I thin...You bring up a lot of good points, angela. I think I have that romantized view of biracial people that you had.<BR/><BR/>What's also interesting is that TM talks about race and culture with a different language than I do. This is too nuanced to explain in a comment, but a lot of it has to do with the fact that he grew up in the West and I grew up on the East Coast. The terminology, the connections to class are different, though the issues are similar. We do a lot of translation when we talk about race. So it will be interesting to see how we talk about and to our kids regarding race.<BR/><BR/>And even though TM is biracial, it's his Hipanic side that is by far the strongest in his family. So yes, our children will definitely be bilingual.<BR/><BR/>For now, all I know is that there will be a lot of open, honest, respectful communication because that's how we roll.L. Britthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636048549849790456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18659479.post-46618347791868783422007-04-12T09:33:00.000-04:002007-04-12T09:33:00.000-04:00Good answers. I have to say that I disagree with ...Good answers. I have to say that I disagree with the biracial people being more accepted statement. If you had asked me that as a teenager, I would have said yes. I always thought the biracial girl got all the guys and they did, when they were hot (see Halle Berry). When they weren't though, they took a lot of crap, more than I did. <BR/><BR/>I actually think that biracial people (and I am not one so this is speculation) have a difficult challenge because they are not just one thing. They do not belong to just one group and they feel like outsiders a lot. The conflict is more internal but not less real. Your brother is lucky because your parents are so well adjusted and open. But the internal conflict is there I am positive especially because your brother such a smart kid. <BR/><BR/>We are still a segreated country and the black folk tend to go to one side, the white to the other. It will be interesting to see what your kid looks like becaue that effects a lot as well. Plus your kid is going to have the Mexican component as well. Will he/she learn Spanish? If they don't, will they encounter issues around it? (Not to stress you out or anything.)<BR/><BR/>I am in the middle of Rebecca Walker's Black, White and Jewish so this is more in my mind than ever. Growing up, I thought she was so beautiful. I knew her through friends of my Mom and I thought she did not have a problem in the world. I was totally wrong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758219111373274017noreply@blogger.com