http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/10/invisible-blackness/ dawn friedman's blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/10/invisible-blackness/#comment-13947 heidi durrow Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:50:56 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/10/invisible-blackness/#comment-13947 it's viral--i am the biracial daughter of a Danish woman and an African-American man. my Danish family, aunts and cousins were incredibly important to me growing up (and still are)-- it was only as an adult i realized that they had a very different experience of race than they might have because of me and my brothers--because of my father's presence as their uncle in their lives. black people (and at that time there were almost no brown people whatsoever in my mom's hometown) were part of their family and in terms of justice --they should be treated as such --part of their family, part of the bigger danish family and country. it’s viral–i am the biracial daughter of a Danish woman and an African-American man. my Danish family, aunts and cousins were incredibly important to me growing up (and still are)– it was only as an adult i realized that they had a very different experience of race than they might have because of me and my brothers–because of my father’s presence as their uncle in their lives. black people (and at that time there were almost no brown people whatsoever in my mom’s hometown) were part of their family and in terms of justice –they should be treated as such –part of their family, part of the bigger danish family and country.

]]> http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/10/invisible-blackness/#comment-13946 Jackie Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:48:57 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2006/09/10/invisible-blackness/#comment-13946 My extended family has had similar experiences, especially my mother, a high school teacher, who has really thought differently about "diversity" and immigrant students since she's had Hispanic members as a part of her family. My extended family has had similar experiences, especially my mother, a high school teacher, who has really thought differently about “diversity” and immigrant students since she’s had Hispanic members as a part of her family.

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