Her own mother a "racist"?

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I'm shocked to read this article written by a British mom (white), who's married to an Indian man, and they now have a beautiful little baby girl together. She has 2 kids from a previous marriage to a white guy. Here are some of her comments : "One reason for my fear is my own mixed reactions to my daughter. Don't get me wrong, I love her. She is the child I didn't think I'd have after my first marriage broke up. She is the only granddaughter in our family and we all dote on her. But when I turn to the mirror in my bedroom to admire us together, I am shocked. She seems so alien. With her long, dark eyelashes and shiny, dark brown hair, she doesn't look anything like me. I know that concentrating on how my daughter looks is shallow. She is a person in her own right, not an accessory to me. But still, I can't shake off the feeling of unease. I didn't realise how much her looking different would matter and, on a rational level, I know it shouldn't. But it does." To read the full article : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=467787&in_page_id=1879&in_page_id=1879&expand=true#StartComments I think this woman is really shallow. I don't think she can truly see her daughter for the beautiful little girl that she is. You know she's going to end up passing all these insecurities, low self-esteem, self-doubt and God knows what else onto her child whether she does it consciously or unconsciously. You know kids are so sensitive and they can pick up on things so easily. If she doesn't change her thinking and behaviour soon, her child is really going to suffer. It's sad that she is unable to see what is beyond the colour and the looks. I have a mixed race baby too. And I'm SO proud of that. So what he doesn't look like me and favours his dad more with curly hair and darker skin. I'm just grateful and blessed that I have a happy, healthy, well-adjusted child and I will raise him up to embrace the different cultures he's mixed with and regardless of what people may say or think, he will always be my beautiful baby unlike this mom who's so concerned about what others might think of her daughter. I feel so sorry for the little girl.