Walk blindly to the light and reach out for his hand Don’t ask any questions and don’t try to understand Open up your mind and then open up your heart And you will see that you and me aren’t very far apart ‘Cause I believe that love is the answer I believe that love will [...]
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Music [Interracial]: “I Believe” by Blessid Union of Souls
Posted in Music, Videos on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Music [Interracial]: “Brother Louie” by Stories
Posted in Music, Videos on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
She was black as the night Louie was whiter than white Danger, danger when you taste brown sugar Louie fell in love overnight Nothing bad, it was good Louie had the best girl he could When he took her home To meet his mama and papa Louie knew just where he stood Louie Louie Louie, [...]
Music: “Heartspark Dollarsign” by Everclear
Posted in Music, Videos on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Time stops when the whispers blare The voices drop hard, but the eyes still stare The world resolves into a death’s head grin Because i walk with pride with a black girlfriend My mom said not to bring her around Cause she’s black My family would put her down I’ll break the white-trash ties that [...]
Music: “Half-Breed” by Cher
Posted in Music, Videos on January 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Love the song and the performance from The Sonny & Cher Show! From Wikipedia: The single was the first international release from Cher’s album Half-Breed. The song tells the story of a young woman who is half white and half Cherokee. The song describes the troubles she faced, and the racism she experienced. White people often called her “Indian squaw” and the Native [...]
Interracial Song: “Talk of the Town” by Bruce Hornsby
Posted in Finds, Facts & Fun, Music on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Talk of the Town by Bruce Hornsby (link to video) I’ve been riding around with the top down Like I always do My love at my side, but only this time My friends say something’s changed you They said you’re running with the wrong set The girl is someone you should never have met Let [...]
Song: Give Peace a Chance
Posted in Finds, Facts & Fun, Music on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Created for the Peace Mob Dance at the International Day of Peace Festival in OKC. I tried to get my girls to participate with me…no such luck! Fun song, though!
God is Not a White Man
Posted in Finds, Facts & Fun, Music, Videos on July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While listening to my new favorite song ”Beautiful Things” by Gungor, another one of their song titles captured my attention, “God is Not a White Man.” Sadly, I can guarantee this won’t be played on the radio station that I listen to (but, oh, it is SO needed)! I love it!
“I love my hair” – Gift from father in multiracial family
Posted in Finds, Facts & Fun, Music, Videos on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t seen this video by now, don’t miss it! It has brought back many conversations that I’ve had with my girls over the years. “I Love My Hair” debuted on the Oct. 4 episode of Sesame Street. It was posted on the show’s YouTube page — and, because of the positive message, many [...]
Music: “Free to be You and Me”
Posted in Finds, Facts & Fun, Music, Videos, tagged cd, children, diversity, free to be you and me, music, unity on August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A couple days ago my 15 year old daughter called me in to watch a new back to school commercial from Target. “Listen to the song in the commercial!”, she said. She recognized one of her favorite childhood songs, “Free to be You and Me”. If you aren’t familiar with the song, I have included the song above. [...]
