Taye Diggs wants son to embrace being mixed, not choose black or whitePosted in Articles, Arts, Media Archive, United States on 2015-11-16 02:25Z by Steven |
Taye Diggs wants son to embrace being mixed, not choose black or white
The Grio
2015-11-13
Chris Witherspoon, Entertainment Editor
Last month, Taye Diggs released his second children’s book, Mixed Me, inspired by his biracial 6-year-old son, Walker. His mother is actress and singer Indina Menzel.
In a society in which it is sometimes hard to talk about race, Diggs decided to tackle the subject head-on through the eyes of the book’s fictional character, Mike.
“The first book I wrote, Chocolate Me, was based on my experiences growing up a little chocolate boy in a predominately white neighborhood, and how I would get made fun of, and how through my mother and father and my own recognition, I was able to develop the power of self love,” Diggs says…
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