I actually have something serious to say. Not anything long and laborious, but something beyond my usual inane rambles.<\/p>\n
I know, as in intellectually understand, that the USA is a white man’s world. I’ve seen racism happen. I’ve been guilty of thinking things I didn’t want to think. I would hope that I am a more enlightened person than I was ten years ago or even a year ago or even a month ago. I continually strive to improve myself and my attitudes and learn new things about how the world works. I am a fan of progress and change if it means it helps people live a better life.<\/p>\n
Last year my black friend was complaining because she picked up her kid’s birthday cake and it had a white kid in the decorations. She wasn’t mad, just grumpy. She wished her son would have had a birthday kid on the cake that looked like him. I get it. <\/p>\n
So today I was going shopping for a new baby gift and card. Almost every single baby card had a picture of a little white, baldish\/blonde baby. I found ONE card that didn’t have a picture of a baby at all. I wasn’t at a store with a great selection, but still. They couldn’t have had one card with a cute little brown baby? The card is for my Indian neighbor. I bought the card with no baby picture because it would have been weird to buy a card with a typical white Gerber baby. I don’t know if they would have been offended<\/i>, but it just would have felt stupid to me because it is not an accurate representation of their baby.<\/p>\n
I also need to get a gift for my cousin, who recently adopted a toddler from Korea. I am way, way behind in doing this because they don’t need or want clothes and I wanted to do something special. I was thinking of getting her a doll, but guess what? Either I don’t know how to search or it is next to impossible to find an Asian based baby doll*. I live in a hugely diverse area so I thought maybe I could pick something up at the store, but I had zero luck. <\/p>\n
I have a baby doll quilt already made that just needs a binding, so I thought about giving that to her but then I looked at all the dolls and they were all vintage blondes with super pale skin. I think there might have been a brunette, but her skin was paper white as well.<\/p>\n
I know most of you are going DUH! Obviously I have heard these complaints before and knew it was a problem, but I’ve never personally been on a quest to buy a product for a child of color and didn’t realize just how frustrating it really was. When do you compromise? Why should they or their parents have to compromise? <\/p>\n
I don’t know what to do about any of this and I am certainly not writing anything you didn’t already know, but that’s what I’ve been thinking about today. It just really sucks and I wish there wasn’t such a thing as white privilege. I know I benefit from it every day in ways I can’t even imagine.<\/p>\n
Related: anyone have a super simple quilt idea that is special and possibly Korean related, but could be completed with very little work? I’m thinking strip piecing. <\/p>\n
Also, who has a book recommendation for a picture book that explains evolution to a five year old? <\/p>\n
We finally got our book order today with three books I’ve been wanting. A Better Homes and Gardens low fat cookbook, the newest Carol Berg and the newest Katherine Kerr. Now I need to find a low cholesterol** crock-pot cookbook. With Mike getting home at 7 pm or later and the kids going insane right around 5 pm until he gets home, our dinner time is becoming unacceptable. I’m way too tired to cook by the time he gets home and I’m usually cranky, too boot.<\/p>\n
*Turns out I didn’t know how to search. I don’t know why I couldn’t find any the other day, but I found several just now.<\/p>\n
**The doctor told him to go vegan, but he is not giving up his meat. I am eliminating dairy as much as possible, along with eggs. The majority of my recipes rely on cheese or sour cream, so it is quite an adjustment. I am really glad that I can use olive oil. The first cookbook I was using didn’t use any fat other than baking spray and it was killing me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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