Rebooting beyond the idea of RacePosted in Articles, Family/Parenting, Media Archive on 2016-07-20 01:32Z by Steven |
Rebooting beyond the idea of Race
Mixed Roots Stories
2016-07-06
“Remember how we always wanted to write a children’s book?” Elisabeth asked me one morning over coffee. “Let’s do it now, she said.” Our son had just moved into a college dorm, we were juggling two internet businesses, and even considering having a second child.
Although, I was born in Los Angeles, California, and Elisabeth, a world away, in Constance, Germany, we were amazed by how similar our experiences were. We were both of mixed racial heritage, our parents were both Muslim and Christian, we had both answered a long list of “interesting” questions regarding our ethnicity. We were drawn together in a very special way…
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