Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on November 20, 2014

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Alina Adams TODAY contributor

13 hours ago

Last month on Ebony.com, a white father wrote that he hopes his biracial son will stay light-skinned and pass as white. The post went viral and triggered such an outcry that he followed it up with 7 Things I Can Do That My Black Son Cant.

As the white mother of three biracial African-American children, I can understand his fears about racism. But as someone whose oldest child is very light-skinned and blue-eyed, I have my reasons for why I hope he doesnt stay white.

Courtesy of Alina Adams

The author's son with his father. Alina Adams, who is white, writes that she hopes her son's skin gets darker so people perceive him as black.

My son is 15. This summer, he participated in a program to teach minority youth how to start their own businesses. At the end of it, my son told me hed never do another minority-oriented program again.

Im tired of being told I dont act black, I dont talk black, and I dont look black. Im sick of being told Im not actually black.

(My African-American husbands response was, I got the same thing because I spoke properly and did well in school. And I had two black parents. Suck it up.)

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Why I hope my mixed-race son doesn't stay 'white'

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