Alex Barnett will stop talking about being a white man married to a black woman when race is no longer an issue.
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Over time, a number of people have said to me, “Okay, I get it, you’re a White guy married to a Black woman, and you have a Biracial son. It’s enough. You don’t have to keep talking about it.” You’re right. I don’t have to. I’d be happy to stop.
There’s just one problem.
You keep talking about it.
And, when I say “you” I don’t mean “you” I mean all the other “You” out there – the ones for whom race is still an issue. For you, I keep talking about it. And, I’ll keep talking about it and talking about it until:
1. People stop asking us what race our son is.
2. People stop asking us whether my wife is the nanny.
3. How my son will get treated by the cops will depend on whether his skin gets any darker and his hair gets any curlier.
4. Liberal white people with advanced degrees stop pretending they “don’t see color.”
5. The day a Cheerios commercial with a multiracial family doesn’t cause a sh*tstorm of hate mail and racial epithets.
Until then, you’re gonna have to put up with me talking about it.
Photo: Flickr/Vox_Efx
Originally appeared at AlexBarnettComic.com
I agree that you need to continue to discuss the need for people to see families rather than color distinctions. I am a white single woman that adopted my biracial grandson. I have fielded multiple questions about both the age and color differences, and yes, as he grows older, he has gotten darker and his hair more curly. He is 10, I have had him since he was 16 months. While more and more families become multiracial, it is still upsetting to some people. The more they are exposed to the fact that love has no color (or religious, etc.)… Read more »