Fragments — biracial RSS

Here I share with you ten books that celebrate diversity and uniqueness of different families.

My daughter is four years old and is multiracial. She is Irish and Trinidadian from my side and black and Puerto Rican from my husband’s side. Here are 5 things related to reading that we do to help explore race and her racial identity with her. 

If you ask most people what they know about me, they would definitely be able to tell you that I am biracial and, most likely, also be able to tell you what I am mixed with.

It was summer and I was about 10 years old. “Doesn't she look just like Pocahontas?” a family member asked/ announced to a room full of people- all of whom were white. “Look at her long, black hair and she has the perfect tan! I wish I could be that tan all year round” she continued. 

When you’re mixed race, it’s easy to feel as though you have no real home. You aren’t enough of anything to really, truly fit in anywhere; so, you inhabit the in-between.