An interesting video to say the least, one that is sure to create a unique conversation with whoever you are talking with.
This is an area that I have thinking about lately, especially as Maya gets older. We have emphasized her Ethiopian culture and plan to continue to do so, but I feel that is more for her personal interaction with the world so she knows who she is and where she has come from.
We need to start preparing her for the world as a black woman and how the world is going to react to her, which is going to be prove to be a much larger task than what we have been doing to date. To think that someone could treat Maya like the woman in the video is hard to imagine, but not that hard to believe. It is our responsibility to do our best to prepare her for when this time happens, this includes identifying role models in the black community for her to connect with, learn with and identify with.
Would love to hear others thoughts on this topic and what others are doing to prepare their children for the time when racism rears its ugly head.
