Nicole Sprinkle is a White woman married to a Colombian. They have a daughter, Nina and she writes about raising a biracial child in an article “A Child of Two Worlds”. Would you adopt her style? In her article, Nicole writes about her experiences and concerns of raising a biracial child like: “Would her choices [...]
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Archive for June, 2009
Is this how to raise mixed race children?
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Dating preference? Racial discrimination?
Friday, June 19th, 2009Most people who date interracially claim to have moved “beyond race”. However, more often than not, our decisions of who to date have and still are highly influenced by race. And the question of whether to date or not to date interracially seems to raise eyebrows – depending on how you look at it. When [...]
Dating someone in the meantime?
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009“Never take a part-time job because it will become your full-time life.” – Pablo Picasso Do you have these friends who have never been single for as long as you’ve known them? They jump from one relationship to the next … From one part-time relationship (or rebound relationship if you please) to the next – [...]
Do we really notice the cellulite and the baldness?
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009Cellulite. Baldness. Women spend $10 million a year on anti-cellulite products (which even research hasn’t proven they make any considerable change) while dudes spend over $3 billion in trying to combat even the slightest signs of baldness – when 40% of the people who suffer from hair loss are women! Yes … baldness has always [...]
Can we divorce prejudice from dating preference?
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Whenever one tries to explain why they prefer dating someone from a different race, they end up sounding prejudicial; not only to their own race but at times to the race of preference. Take the example of this white man trying to explain why he prefers dating Asian women: “I find Asian women very attractive. [...]
The passive victims of domestic violence
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009You don’t necessarily have to be on the receiving end to qualify as a victim. Mercy, 34, grew up witnessing domestic violence. Her parents were very physical. When her dad left when she was around 7, it didn’t take long before mommy met abusive partner No.2. Mercy’s step father was not only a physical abuser, [...]
