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<blockquote data-quote="busywend" data-source="post: 51729" data-attributes="member: 391"><p>Melissa, my difficult child is bi-racial (dad - black; me - white). When she was little I did not really pay much attention. One day she asked me why I had white skin and daddy had black skin. I told her 'daddy is black, mommy is white and you are brown.' I had/have no idea if it was 'correct' to respond this way. It does not seem to have affected her. </p><p></p><p>In school, things are different. She did get some racial remarks on the buses and playground. She did seem sad a few times. </p><p></p><p>As she got older, she gravitated to rap and hip-hop music. I figured it was just like me wanting to listen to Salt N Peppa's 'Push it' song that my mom hated so much! LOL! </p><p></p><p>She does seem 'gangsta'-like sometimes that her father and I scratch our heads about. Neither of us are like that. She seems to turn it on for certain friends (I think this is partly GFGish behavior). I recall my difficult child sister acting fake sometimes depending on who was around. </p><p></p><p>I am lucky that Dex is still so involved that I do not really even think about the identity thing much. She does get the African American family experience from her dad's side of the family. She does seem to prefer black boys to 'date' (like). That is OK by me. I do not care who she dates as long as they treat her (and me) with respect. </p><p></p><p>Sorry, I guess I am not much help here because I just do not worry about it much. Right or wrong - I do not know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="busywend, post: 51729, member: 391"] Melissa, my difficult child is bi-racial (dad - black; me - white). When she was little I did not really pay much attention. One day she asked me why I had white skin and daddy had black skin. I told her 'daddy is black, mommy is white and you are brown.' I had/have no idea if it was 'correct' to respond this way. It does not seem to have affected her. In school, things are different. She did get some racial remarks on the buses and playground. She did seem sad a few times. As she got older, she gravitated to rap and hip-hop music. I figured it was just like me wanting to listen to Salt N Peppa's 'Push it' song that my mom hated so much! LOL! She does seem 'gangsta'-like sometimes that her father and I scratch our heads about. Neither of us are like that. She seems to turn it on for certain friends (I think this is partly GFGish behavior). I recall my difficult child sister acting fake sometimes depending on who was around. I am lucky that Dex is still so involved that I do not really even think about the identity thing much. She does get the African American family experience from her dad's side of the family. She does seem to prefer black boys to 'date' (like). That is OK by me. I do not care who she dates as long as they treat her (and me) with respect. Sorry, I guess I am not much help here because I just do not worry about it much. Right or wrong - I do not know. [/QUOTE]
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