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Originally Posted by preciousjeni
My mother says I borrow trouble - worrying about things before they happen - but I think about how to protect my future children. Things like not wanting them - especially boys - being out at night...not for fear of their safety in general, but for fear that the police will get them. I don't want to sit at home wondering if my child has been arrested.
In reality, who do I turn to when things like that happen? Not my parents. My husbands parents have passed. This is real, y'all. You know?
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So in other words you're worried your future children will be discriminated against. You're afraid they'll be treated like African Americans or people of color. Well they will be people of color and they will be African American.
Who does anyone turn to...Al Sharpton? It doesn't matter how many family members you have or how well connected you are. Anyone...celebrity or not, rich or poor, can be subjected to racism. Any steps that would ever be taken to assist you or your children would most likely come after the fact not before.
I can appreciate that you've thought about the what but I'm not sure you've fully contemplated the who. Who will they be? Though interracial, they will be viewed as black and for better or worse they will be treated as such.