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A Striving Parent

A blog for parents passionate about racial justice and striving to raise socially concious kids

Tag: white supremacy

Watching My 5-year-old Wrestle With His Whiteness

Posted on April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 by strivingshannon

I am a white woman, married to a white partner, raising two white children, ages 5 and 3. For the… Read more Watching My 5-year-old Wrestle With His Whiteness

Interrupting whiteness with my white children

Posted on March 30, 2017March 30, 2017 by strivingshannon

I am a white, cisgender woman, married to a white, cisgender man and we have two white children. I started… Read more Interrupting whiteness with my white children

The messy story behind the Black Lives Matter sign in my white family’s window

Posted on February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 by strivingshannon

 A few weeks ago, I placed this yellow, intersectional Black Lives Matter sign created by Matice M. Moore, a Black… Read more The messy story behind the Black Lives Matter sign in my white family’s window

On hashtags and fleeting white outrage

Posted on September 26, 2016September 26, 2016 by strivingshannon

Here we are again. We just got through another week filled with horrific brutality against Black men and children by… Read more On hashtags and fleeting white outrage

And now, back to our regular scheduled programming

Posted on September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 by strivingshannon

The last few days have certainly been interesting. Interesting and a wee bit stressful. Last week’s post got picked up by… Read more And now, back to our regular scheduled programming

Preserving my children’s innocence is an act of preserving white supremacy

Posted on September 8, 2016September 16, 2016 by strivingshannon

“Having a child is like wearing your heart on your sleeve.”  I’ve heard several different versions of this colloquialism and… Read more Preserving my children’s innocence is an act of preserving white supremacy

Thoughts on “Revolutionary Mothering: Love On the Front Lines” from a White mom

Posted on August 18, 2016August 18, 2016 by strivingshannon

The social justice book club I participate in just finished Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, edited by Alexis Pauline… Read more Thoughts on “Revolutionary Mothering: Love On the Front Lines” from a White mom

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