Tag Archives: race

Doesn’t “I Can’t Breathe” mean a person is about to die? Yes, your kids are going to ask this —and yes, George […]

Jen DeCristofo is the writer and illustrator of Lucky Bamboo Book of Crafts. Hybrid parenting got to learn more about her and […]

In my “Contemporary Parenting” class at San Jose State University, I always tell my students that it is important for parents to […]

Hybrid parenting is a grass-roots movement aimed at consciously parenting children in a multicultural world. To understand why parenting in this way […]

The other day, my six-year old son noticed an African-American dad dressed in baggy jeans with his boxers showing making a purchase […]

What is Cultural Appropriation? Cultural appropriation is “appropriating” or borrowing elements of one cultural group by a different cultural group. This term […]

In order to foster tolerance in a multicultural society, children need to develop multicultural competence. Multicultural competence is the ability to understand, […]

Diversity is defined as the differences between people. Diversity can be real or perceived differences between people. These differences include but are […]

The other day, I walked into my 12-month old daughter’s pediatrician appointment and was thrilled to be handed a children’s book! My […]

In our increasingly diverse society, we can’t really claim to be colormute. This idea of being colormute is not acknowledging the race […]