FameCrawler

They've got some cute kids.

Amazing indeed! Only once in my life (like 15 years ago while on vacation abroad) I had seen such a cute multicolor family (dark Latina mother, white father, with black daughter and white son). But TWO sets of twins? What are the odds?

i have been an avid reader of this blog for quite a while and i must say that never have i been more offended. biracial children come in all hues and it is not uncommon for them to be different shades. all of their children are biracial. just because one is lighter than the other doesn't make them one or the other.

my sister and i are both african-american with the same parents and she is pale with red hair and green eyes and i am the color of caramel.

meera bowman-johnson wrote a very eloquent article about this very topic that perhaps you should read for in my anger i am not quite able to articulate my thoughts on this matter

www.theroot.com/.../47644

i don't see why this article would be offensive - i am caucasion and my husband is korean, and i am six months pregnant with our first baby.  we love speculating about what kind of "mix" we come up with!  it'll be so cool to see how our genes mesh, and whether our baby (and future children) will have much more dominant features from one of us or the other.  i personally don't think there should be anything taboo about pointing out quirks within one's ethnicity, so long as it's not being said in a hateful way.  in fact, i think it's great to talk openly about these things and celebrate what's fun and different about our backgrounds and colors.  so, hooray for this family and their brood of adorable kids!  cheers!  

I believe in celebrating children as the blessings as they are. My point is that it is in fact NOT unusual at all that these children are different complexions. Its insulting to me to present the story as an extremely rare occurrence that is newsworthy.

If our society truly embraced the beautiful diversity of mixed race families, perhaps it wouldn't be that shocking at all to have children of different complexions... because one child is light doesn't make one white and the other black--they are both biracial.

My husband is white and our children are a happy blend of the both of us, with strikingly different complexions. I should not have to be asked if i am their nanny or if they have different fathers simply because of our varied skin colors but I do -- every day.

I read famecrawler as a lighthearted break when my children are playing and I was surpised to be greeted with the same ignorance that I face every day.

your inability to understand where the phrasing of your post could be interpreted as offensive further illustrates my point. a simple 'i didn't think that would offend anyone, sory' would suffice. but it's not my job to teach you empathy.

one more thing--your fellow babble blogger shares my same opinion of this matter, perhaps she explains it  a little better/

www.babble.com/.../biracial-twins-is-one-quot-black-quot-and-one-quot-white-quot.aspx

I'm a Multiracial person, as is my husband. And no, that is not because of "thousands of years of interracial mating," it's because each of our parents is of a different race. We are a multicultural family and embrace all the aspects of our heritage, rather than picking one or simply identifying with the one that people assume us to be. Mad Momma: I totally understand where you're coming from on this. It's very easy for people to write this off as us looking to be offended, but until you've lived life as a multiracial person or had a multiracial child, you probably won't understand our issues. I can't tell you how many times I have been labeled "black," "hispanic," "Indian," or whatever category someone assumed I fit in. While it is frustrating to be regarded as something I am not, it doesn't change who I am. At some point, though, these labels are going to disappear...multiracial families are growing in numbers. Instead of assuming that people are just posting to stir up shit, realize that there may be more to this issue than you know.

I think this was just meant to be a fun post about how differently the kids' skin tones turned out - I know we've done the same thing in my family, comparing, with fascination, how kids with the same parents look completely opposite. It's fun and we do it with love. I guess we're not allowed to "play" in regard to race; it must be all seriousness, all the time.

Sometimes one person's "play" is another person's serious issue. Just FYI.

dudes, its just out of the ordinary. Twins of two different races, of course they're bi racial, but wouldn't you expect them to look similar? I mean, skin tone wise. It's just unique how this family's children are each one color of one parent. You don't see that often. I'm pretty sure the blogger didn't mean any racial comments.

Some people just look into things too seriously. I didn't see any degrading terms in this entry at all.

This IS an interesting story.  As a biracial person, I see nothing wrong with talking about differences in these kids.  It is a novelty for these folks to have the combanation of two fraternal children who appear to be more of one race then the other (rather then a blend), twice! My mom, who is white, emailed me this story because she and I both find genetics fascinating.  I find it so interesting how genetic codes are translated into people! Karl is correct in saying we are really all blended by now, even if the genes aren't expressed. Like Emily, I have often wondered what my offspring would look like should I ever have any. When I was very young and wondered why I looked different from my siblings (who have a white father) my mom showed me the Punnett Square to help me understand. Anyway, it is not "degrading" to point out differences.  Diversity should be celebrated, not whispered about as if there was something wrong with being different.

I also am biracial. This is an interesting story that is NOT offensive. Mad Momma needs to get over her snit. She appears to be walking around with an invisible V (for victim) tattoo that only she can see until she opens her mouth.

I'm gonna say I have Mad Momma's back on this one.  The word choices in this blog post are pretty ignorant of the lexicon for describing mixed-race individuals.  I see that the poster has clarified and apologized but I didn't want Mad Momma to be the only voice speaking up about this issue.  She's not alone in taking offense.

I'm going to have to agree with Karl on this one.  I am "caucasian"  but I'm sure I have some native american or asian or something else mixed in there.  for Mad Momma to expect everyone to understand genetics and how this happening is very possible if not common shows HER ignorance.  How would the majority of people know that this could even happen without fun articles like this or personal experience like yours?!!?!?