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05.06.10
June 12 will be a very special day for my family. That is because it will be the first year we celebrate Loving Day.
On June 12, 1967 the Supreme Court of the United States legalized interracial marriage with its decision in the case of Loving v. Virginia. ...
03.08.10
I lost my identity. I was born identifying as a middle class white Jew. I no longer identify religiously nor do I identify as being white. My own family is “mixed” and, as I have come to understand, race identification is only a consequence...
02.02.10
We’re doing a roundup of car seats unveiled at the 2009 ABC Kids show, the major annual convention for baby and kids products. This year, the biggest story on car seats in general was in side impact head protection. While car seats have made major...
12.14.09
Let’s play a game. I present a general description of a person and you tell me what the first image of that person is that pops into your head?
 Ready, let’s begin . . .
- A doctoral math student in a university – A person sitting in an arm chair...
11.13.09
One thing that must be dealt with in mixed families and in most families for that matter is religion.  I personally don’t believe that a family can really get along if they have drastically different belief systems.  I am an atheist and believe in...
10.28.09
I was very upset recently about the news that an interracial couple was denied a marriage license in Louisiana. I won’t go into details, since I am sure you all have read about this ad infinitum.  How such a blatant bigot, a man who unapologetically...
10.09.09
In a previous post I wrote about Disney’s upcoming animated movie featuring its first black princess, The Princess and The Frog. As the father of biracial children, I am excited about the movie and about the interracial relationship it depicts. Since...
10.01.09
I used to do stand up comedy as a hobby. (I know you couldn’t guess that by the seriousness of my posts but it’s true). In one of my bits, I proposed that my wife and I (she is black and I am white) walk into a restaurant in a particularly racist...
09.14.09
Being in a mixed-race relationship and the father of biracial daughters, you would think I have experienced prejudice many times. However, I spent most of my life as a single white male and so am not really that accustomed to prejudice directed at me....
07.16.09
Is Obama black or biracial? Obviously he is both of these things. However, he is usually referred to as our first black president, not our first biracial president. Certainly, it is monumental that we have a black president and it should be celebrated...