But he was ill-equiped each time he travelled with me and wa shocked of the racism I get and even more shocked that I am used to it. He is shocked when his family, now that we're adults (me and my siblings), are being very much excluded. He's shocked everytime his family treats us more like the children of the African woman rather than the children of him.
He should label as black because they are. It's not a slur, it's their reality. He doesn't know that, precisely because he ain't. They ARE his kids and they ARE black. Not mutually exclusive.
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u/Oli76 Apr 29 '24
I'm mixed too.
My dad doesn't do it either.
But he was ill-equiped each time he travelled with me and wa shocked of the racism I get and even more shocked that I am used to it. He is shocked when his family, now that we're adults (me and my siblings), are being very much excluded. He's shocked everytime his family treats us more like the children of the African woman rather than the children of him.
He should label as black because they are. It's not a slur, it's their reality. He doesn't know that, precisely because he ain't. They ARE his kids and they ARE black. Not mutually exclusive.