In the September issue of Essence magazine there is an article about a controversial book called ‘Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone. ‘ written by Ralph Richard Banks. In the book Bank’s, who is a black male, encourages black women to “cross the color lines” when looking for marriage partners for practical reasons.  Stating that with higher educated black women than men it makes it more difficult for successful black marriages due to inequality in earning power and education. The article further went on to feature four interracial couples with black women and a partner of a different race.

While I found the article very interesting, I couldn’t help but feel troubled about the message it says/sends about black males. I find there are so many stereotypes and negative images about black males as it is without someone, especially another black male, writing a book to further perpetuate those images. When I think of black men I see my father, my brother, my uncles cousins, and close friends who I think are successful in their own right and of high marriage material (especially my brother, he’s single ladies   and I find it demeaning to them. That being said the article did get me to thinking about some things. Mainly, if we say we only want to date one particular race, our own or otherwise, are we limiting ourselves in the quest for the right partner?

It was not a conscious decision on my part to date my husband, quite the opposite in fact. We were good friends and roommates and over time we fell in love. I didn’t think much about his race he was just someone who was so good to me, who I had so much fun with and who truly loved me unconditionally. When it came to marriage I did have some apprehension in thinking about raising a biracial child and what kind of affect that would have on them, but ultimately I know he was the perfect match for me and we could overcome any obstacle.

I do know some people though that say they “stick to their own kind” or actually prefer men/women of a certain ethnicity. What do you think? Did you make a conscious decision to only date a particular race or did love just find you? did you think about any issues that may arise in raising a biracial child?

The article really was an interesting read, check it out if you get the chance.

So excited. We have 300 fans (303 to be exact) on facebook. I love taht the page keeps growing and I’m seeing people from all over posting awesome photos of their little Biracial cuties. To think it’s been almost a year (in October) that we started the fan page and only  January that we got the new site up and running and here we are with over 300 fans! I REALLY appreciate the support and encouragment you all give. I especially love when I receive orders from places other than California, where I’m located. I just filled an order last week from Missississippi! Love it.

Thanks again for those of you who post photos of your little ones and for sharing links, interesting topics etc. It has been great. I look forward to many many more “fans” in the future.

Cheers,

Jamila

For those of you who are local to San Diego and interested in our monthly meetup group, I’m looking for an organizer to plan the events. I’ve gotten really busy with 2 businesses plus my part time work as a counselor so it’s been diffiuclt for me to be consistent with the monthly meetup planning. I hate to just let the group fall to the wayside as it has been so wonderful and many biracial familes have participated but I need to step down from being the coordinator. If you have any interest in being our organizer and planning our monthly events, please let me know by replying to this post or sending me an email at BiracialBabiesRock@gmail.com.

Thanks so much!

Here is a photo of one of our summer contest winners wearing her Biracial Babies Rock onesie. How adorable is she?! Don’t forget to purchase your onesie and celebrate your little ones mix

You guys all submitted some super cute photos. It was really hard to choose. In fact we had to pick second, third and CEO’s choice because we had so many biracial cuties to choose from. That being said our favorite was……….little Cadyn and his pool lounger   We seriously couldn’t believe how stinkin’ cute he looked. Be on the lookout for your onesie and tshirt mommy Tammy!

Thanks to all who submitted photos we had a lot of fun looking them over. I’ll be posting the runners up as well but wanted little Cadyn to have his moment!