After the controversy surrounding that cheerios ad, a guy created this beautiful website. I thought I would share.
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All those beautiful families! DH was raised by a white step dad. One of his sisters is biracial.
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Oh I love this! I just saw the Cheerios ad this weekend on TV, and it was adorable! These families are all beautiful! What a great message.
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I love this!! Living in a small town in the South, I've seen how my friends in interracial relationships still deal with prejudices and it breaks my heart.
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Very nice
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I love this! I think I might submit a photo of my fam.
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My cousin is secretly married to an African American (she's white) and can't tell her family she's in love because her dad is seriously racist. Only few of us know about it. I can't imagine having to hide the person I love from my family.
Racism is so stupid.
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I love it!
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Beautiful families!
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Awwww! I love it!
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I saw that commercial and didn't think anything of it until I saw this thread. I guess I just think of interracial couples as commonplace..
But back to this thread - The site is wonderful.
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This is so cool!
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Awesome!
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I love this!! So many beautiful happy families!
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I love this! It's nice to see families that look like mine
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So many beautiful families and especially gorgeous kids! Thanks for sharing!
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I love seeing all these beautiful families! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Beautiful! Also, those kids are all beyond cute!
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@Danizaur: OMG. that is crazy. i'm so sad for her, that must be awful to be so torn between people you love
my grandmother hasn't spoken to me in 2.5 years and didn't attend my wedding because we had a disagreement over my following some of my nigerian husband's traditions, that hurts my heart so i can't even imagine how much worse she must feel in her situation. love the site! such beautiful families
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This is fantastic! I have several friends that are Bi-racial and they are gorgeous human beings! My baby will be bi-racial and I can't wait to meet him/her.
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Beautiful!!!!
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Aww, great site! Thanks for sharing!
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What a beautiful site!
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What a wonderful site - thanks for sharing!
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@Danizaur: how does she hide that? I can't even imagine. Awful
Beautiful site
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@Danizaur: what an awfully terrible situation. I encountered a very racist person the other day that I'm not at liberty to disclose and it made me so livid.
@mrs. bird: heartbreaking! I'm so sorry
@zippylef: I love inter racial families! Such beauty! My sister is married to a Latino and they have a beautiful baby boy! He's so adorable. I love having my brother in law in my family- he has become such a great big brother to me!
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Aaaa, how lovely!
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@mrskc: you should totally submit a photo of your beautiful family!
I would do the same but we don't live in the US
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Aww. We have a Cheerios family too!
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This is great! Also, I spy Mrs. Taco from WB on page 2. (And now I'm that creeper who recognizes bloggers...oh well.
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Love it! My mother was white and my dad is Chinese. I love seeing other mixed families.
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I spotted a bee! Mrs taco, maybe? I can't remember!
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@DigAPony: beat me :). We can be creeps together, haha!
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Love the site, thanks for sharing!
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@Danizaur: Wow, that is ridiculous. He's okay with it being a secret? What would her dad do if he found out?
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@mrs. bird: That is so sad and horrible:( I hope she comes round soon, it really isn't worth it.
My FIL got really iffy at our wedding reherasl dinner because of all the traditional Nigerian attire. I found his behaviour really odd especially as MIL is Taiwanese/Japanese. I guess some people just have a hard time with anything that takes them out of their comfort zone.
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@plantains: I hope so too. I'm ashamed of her behavior & avoid talking about what caused our fallout. At our wedding we didn't ask that anyone wear traditional outfits, we offered them the choice, my parents and brother did, as did all the groomsmen (none of whom were nigerian), my aunts decided not to because I think it was still new to them and I was totally fine with that. I'm ok with ppl being a little uncomfortable- growth is uncomfortable but we are better for it. We did our best to acknowledge things that were new to each side and just be open to the newness. Her issue came about long before the wedding when I was discussing maintaining connections to Nigeria (helping to maintain a residence there, teaching our children Igbo, etc) and she responded with some ignorant ideas about assimilation and it got ugly. Since then she has been invited to all major events and hasn't accepted, i even sent her a corsage the day before the wedding with a note saying i hoped she changed her mind & that there was always space for her. neither my parents, nor my husband and I, have been invited to holidays with her side of the family and she refuses my calls and won't open the door for me.
I don't even want to admit the amount of tears I've shed over it.
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@mrs. bird: I'm so sorry, this is one of th ehardest aspects of interracial/intercultural marriage and one that often gets ignored. There is no denying how difficult it can be when one is torn between two cultures and trying to strike the right balance. FIL hates that I insisted on giving DD a Nigerian name. In his mind she is American and should have an American name. In my mind, she is Nigerian, British, Jpanese, taiwanes, Polish and American. Because she lives in the US, I am not concerned about her connecting with American culture.
However, given the negative image of Nigeria in the media, it is very important to me that she understands how proud I am of my heritage and how proud she should be too. FIL thinks that because I live here, I should assimilate or get over it. Beyond ignorant. That said, he certainly adores my DD. Myabe when you guys have kids, your grandmother will come round. I am sorry, it must be incredibly painful to deal with this. I just hope the passage of time improves things.
my grandmother hasn't spoken to me in 2.5 years and didn't attend my wedding because we had a disagreement over my following some of my nigerian husband's traditions, that hurts my heart so i can't even imagine how much worse she must feel in her situation. Reply
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