Multi-Colored Families by Tamala Edwards

In this essay Tamala Edwards introduces us to information both on a factual, and a sentimental level about Multi-Racial families. She shows us the pains and struggles these families endure. She informs us on the different offensive questions and stares these families recieve from ignorant people. She tells us about families with adopted children and Bi-Racial families and how through there development they question their color of skin and why its not similair to one of the parents which is a heartfelt question. She also tell us factual information on how to deal with such scenarios of peoples insensitivity and how to deal with their confused Bi-racial children, or adopted children. The information provided details how we shouldn't be angry at people that are insensitive and ignorant because our children learn from our actions, so we should rather reply with a swift and reasonable answer that allows our children to learn, and reply in the same way without getting angry at peoples ignorance. In addition to that we should also treat the children's upbringing with great sensitivity about their race, and culture with introductions or support in learning about all the different cultures they may have. All these can help a Bi-Racial or adopted child develop into a well rounded individual with no self consciousness about their race or culture they may come from according to Tamala Edwards and all the other sources she included in her essay.

I found this essay very informative about the different issues Bi-Racial families endure, and although I don't come from such a type of family I can still relate to the racism they may endure. In Iran most the people are ethocentric when compared to the minorities of different races in the country. The country has an amount of people from Afghanistan that work in construction and house maintenance to pay for their families in the neighboring country of Afghanistan or to just support themselves as growing young adults. They are often insulted, treated harshly and are looked down upon by most Iranians. It makes me sad that they think this way and I feel really bad about the way they are treated, but even the very own citizens of the country are powerless to the culture that supports this ethocentricism. They also look down upon their very own race because there is majority of Iranians that speak Farsi and a minority that speak more Turkish than Farsi. These minorities are often reffered to as stupid, and often have jokes about their non-existing stupidity. Although when confronted they jump back behind the facade of the infamous quote "It's just a joke, have some humour wont you?" Jokes are only funny once but get stale and offensive after a while.