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By: The January Just Posts « collecting tokens

The January Just Posts « collecting tokens — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:14:45 +0000

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By: Lagunatic

Lagunatic — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:06:42 +0000

I tell my husband all the time not to piss me off – interracial marriages are barely tolerated where we live and he’s the race of non-majority. Then I wink and let him roll his eyes at me.
Or course, we’re both atheists so it’s not like we’d be allowed to step foot into a gov’t building anyway. <— facetious.
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By: Absence Alternatives

Absence Alternatives — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:27:21 +0000

You are definitely far from home too! Thank you for visiting and commenting. Yes indeed. And all of these things now become even more important once you have children.

The pictures on your blog are gorgeous. Actually, they are almost criminal seeing how they make me want to start learning how to cook!

By: Kitchen Butterfly

Kitchen Butterfly — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:12:42 +0000

This week, my 6 year old brought a book from school – it was the story of Martin Luther King (we’re Nigerians living in the Netherlands!) …… I was SHOCKED and glad too that she could understand (a bit) the differences in times and why…..

And somehow it got on to the topic of Obama and I think she could see how far the world had come. Glad to know those days are mostly behind us.

By: magpie

magpie — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:34:13 +0000

Wow. How to make history real.

By: LittleMissEnglishTeacher

LittleMissEnglishTeacher — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:38:59 +0000

Wow! What a thought process from a 7 year old! How amazing!

We are discussing racism in my class at the moment (about to start To Kill a Mockingbird), and I had a Hispanic kid ask me where “they” were while all of this was going on. Made me really think … and realize that I REALLY need a history book of some sort.
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By: Absence Alternatives

Absence Alternatives — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:33:20 +0000

It is scary to think about What If, eh? Movies have tried to show us the What If scenarios. I just didn’t manage to make the personal connection with such force until the little old man asked me the question. He keeps me on my toes.

By: Unknown Mami

Unknown Mami — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:55:45 +0000

My husband is half black, half white (don’t worry I focus on the white – I hope you know I’m just stealing a Sarah Silverman joke). He would not be here. I would not be married to him and my gorgeous raza cosmica daughter would not exist and the world would not be as bright.
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By: alejna

alejna — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:35:53 +0000

Wow. That brought tears to my eyes.

It’s good to be reminded now and then that this country has shown some progress. Even if you have to sometimes look back decades for comparison.
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By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:54:06 +0000

That’s one smart kid.
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