tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post1977149638413436060..comments2024-01-26T09:29:04.765-08:00Comments on My American Meltingpot: How Many Degrees of Meltingpot are in Your Family?Professor Tharpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714326142739366426noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-48901468922236918322009-04-26T09:18:00.000-07:002009-04-26T09:18:00.000-07:00This is my family too, especially on my mother's s...This is my family too, especially on my mother's side. Then one of my brothers married a Latina, the other brother married a biracial woman adopted by a white family, and I married a white man. Now we are full-on meltingpot!Carleen Bricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433203126527081458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-60240765339964447892009-04-23T09:38:00.000-07:002009-04-23T09:38:00.000-07:00A story from the white, we-came-here-on-the Mayflo...A story from the white, we-came-here-on-the Mayflower side of my family, as told to me by one of my mother's sisters.<br /><br />An aunt of theirs said something bigoted, and my aunt said to her, "When we grow up, one of us is going to marry a black man, one of us is going to marry a Catholic, and one of us is going to marry a Jew!" Which they did.Nifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006060292867954195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-85176412908012776072009-04-23T08:51:00.000-07:002009-04-23T08:51:00.000-07:00Hey Anon,
It's def. hard when you're the first, b...Hey Anon,<br /><br />It's def. hard when you're the first, but just try to keep a smile on your face and know you're making your family that much richer and your daughter will grow up believing that families come in all shades and colors and languages. <br /><br />Thanks for visiting the Meltingpot.Professor Tharpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714326142739366426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-76717594530744604772009-04-23T05:08:00.000-07:002009-04-23T05:08:00.000-07:00I have 0 degrees of Meltingpot in my family origi...I have 0 degrees of Meltingpot in my family origin. My colombian addition brought the first degree.<br /><br />My husband's aunt married an African-American, so our daughter is only the second degree in his family. My husband has a "blended to perfection" cousin. <br /><br />It has been a hard road and still is educating family and other folk about race, culture and sensitivity. Everybody assumes she's Mexican because she's latina and I speak Spanish to her. The majority of people don't realize that Colombia doesn't actually share a culture with Mexico just a langauge. <br /><br /> Just yesterday, on the phone with my father, he asked if my daughter was still napping. We've had lots of trouble deciding on giving up the nap or not. She's nearly 5. We are damned at night if we nap and overly tired if we don't....<br /><br />Anyway, I say to him, I think I found a middle ground. She lays on the carpet in her room for 25 minutes with some books and toys. She cat naps if she needs to otherwise she's entertained. He says "Well, I suppose they are used to siesta". Oh Lord!! Head hits desk!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com