bi-racial babies...

United States
February 1, 2007 12:00pm CST
ok, so this is for all of you single mommies and daddies of bi-racial babies...how do you cope? how do you handle the stress of racism? how do you handle the comments, the slurs, the anything and everything? what about your families? how did they react? i am a single mother to a beautiful baby boy, who just turned 5 months old...i am white, his father is honduran...i have experienced some, not alot, (we hardly go out in public, i am currently unemployed, and we stay at home) of racism, aimed at me and my son...from strangers, and from a member of my own family... a cousin of mine, had only seen pictures of my son before he had met him on this past thanksgiving...in some of my sons pictures, he looks at though he is black, and thats not the case...but my cousin had to be rude about it, and called my son names...that time, the comments were only directed at my son...another incident happened when a total stranger saw a picture of my son, on my myspace page, and proceeded to call me a "c*m receptacle for blacks"...which was aimed at the both of us... now, before anything that i said is taken out of contexted, i have nothing against the black population...but people just need to get it straight when it comes to my son... moms and dads, please share your stories with everyone...maybe it will help out some of us newbies...also, any advice that you may have, please share!!!
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garythsmommy
@garythsmommy (16)
• United States
6 Mar 07
I just posted a discussion about judging. It is just about is. I am also a single mom that has a bi-racial baby. my family mostly my mom did not accept the fact that I had a mixed baby. I don't get the comment from her anymore, but I get them from others. I am not with the father anymore. I am with a white man now, he has been in my sons life since the day he was born and we started to date when he was 1 1/2 months old. there a girl at his job that asked him if my son was mixed and he responded yes. the girl said and you don't have a problem with that. he loves my son as his was his own. He is more a daddy to my son than his own father is. I also around a wide varity of people (With truck drivers) I hear comment about black people all the time. I want to tell them that I have a mixed son when they say stuff but because it is my job I don't. I don't see my son as anything but my son. he is no different that you or me. People this days need to stop and look at life. everyone is the same......We just come in different shades. Be patient about your family. They should come around. It is Family.....Your son is not going anywhere so they are going to ajust to it.