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June 12 will be a very special day for my family. That is because it will be the first year we celebrate Loving Day.
Category Archives: Dads in the Mix
Dads in the Mix: John Doe-Berg
March 8, 2010 – 3:47 pm
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 of prejudice anyway. I am part of a human family. So, I lost the identity I grew up with or rather, I dissociated from it. Am I worse off? I don’t think so. In fact, it is quite the opposite. I now have an identity that is truly my own rather than pushed onto me by family and society. Having said that, I do realize others may identify me differently than I do myself and some of the things I am today are also things assigned to me.
Dads in the Mix: Born Suspect
December 14, 2009 – 2:24 pm
The IAT test or Implicit Association Test was created to test levels of unconscious bias. I encourage you all to take some of these test yourself and see what lurks in the hidden crevices of your minds or sometimes pushes its way to the front of the line.
Dads in the Mix: Holly
November 13, 2009 – 9:51 am
It’s barely Thanksgiving and I already see holiday decorations around town. Let’s start this season off with the intention to remember what matters in life and get along, regardless of religious affiliation or lack thereof 
Dads in the Mix: Don’t Hate, Meditate (or Zip it. Lock it. Put it in your pocket.)
October 28, 2009 – 12:18 pm
So, I am putting a temporary moratorium on political conversation, turning off the talk radio and tuning out the news for a while. That, in conjunction with my beginning the practice of meditation has made me so much happier.
Dads In the Mix: The Princess and the Frog Continued
October 9, 2009 – 10:50 am
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 I brought it up, I didn’t want to drop the ball so, here is a little follow-up.
Dads in the Mix: Teaching Tolerance
October 1, 2009 – 12:39 pm
Racism exists all over this country and the world. The seemingly unanswerable question is “how do we fight it?”