"I'm Biracial & That Cheerios Ad Is a Big Fucking Deal," ALSO "10 Reasons It's Best Commercial Ever"

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69. Oh, that's heartbreaking that you went thru that!

And your dad probably told you that because all his well-meaning "friends" drummed it into him. It's always a whisper campaign, like the kids are too stupid to figure out they're being judged. But it sounds like your dad must have loved your mom a whole lotta to defy the cultural ignorance of the day.

And the really sad thing is that kids start out with NO CLUE that there are different races. Remember when you met some other kid on the playground, you'd hang out with him or her, and the last thing that would occur to you is your new friend's ethnicity! Like the old song in South Pacific, you have to be taught--to be afraid, to be wary, to be defensive of someone who looks different.

And then you have to spend the rest of your life unlearning those lessons!!!