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Growing up interracial there was a lot of things that I didn't understand. I was a black child, raised by white grandparents, in a predominantly white community...
Although my grandma taught me how to live a morally sound life, I still faced racial struggles that were difficult to understand. There were judgements on me based not by who I was, but what I looked like...
There were several times that fathers wouldn't let me date their daughters because they didn't want their daughter dating a black guy. One particular time a father told his daughter she couldn't date me because he didn't want it to turn into something real...
What if you get married someday? What if you have children. It's selfish of you to raise an interracial child in today's society he said. How do you explain all the looks he will get? That's not fair to him he said...
It's funny. Because I was that child. I lived that life & I wouldn't change it for anything. And Talley & I are going to bring a child like that into this world this summer. I'll be able to give him advice. Advice I didn't get from a father...
I can't wait to teach him about MLK & everything he started. I can't wait to teach him that because of a great man, he won't be limited by his race or color of his skin. I can't wait to teach him that he can graduate HS, go to college for...
Whatever he wants. That he can graduate college & then get a Masters degree. That nothing or no one will hold him back. I can't wait to teach him all of this & when he asks how do I know he can do all of that in today's world I'll look at him and say...
Your dad did it. I did all of it for you, and now you're gonna go do it for the child you don't have yet. I want to teach my son that there are two type of people. People who are victims of their circumstance and people who CHANGE their circumstance...
My son can be anything he wants to be. I never got to see MLK but he died to help me. He died to help my son be whatever he wants to be. Today is a special day & I refuse to let it just be another day. Thank you MLK. And if you're that dad...
The dad who is scared their daughter will meet a black guy & change the course of your family forever. Please talk to my wife. Talk to her about the love I show for her every day. Talk to her about the smile on her face every day....
Talk to her about the fairytale we live out every single day. Instead of making sure your daughter meets the right white guy, pray that she meets the right RIGHT guy.
