“Someone Like Me”

I thought this was a great story in O magazine… below is an excerpt, but you can read the whole story by Betsy Berne here.

Brookti,” I said, “when white kids tell you your brown color is yuck, you answer, ‘Well, our president is brown’—and see what they say. When brown kids tell you that I can’t be your mother because I’m white, you answer, ‘Well, our president is brown and his mother was white’—and see what they say. When kids tease you about being African because Africa only has wars and poor people, you answer, ‘Well, our president is part African and he’s proud of it’—and see what they say.

It’s true - what an awesome role model OUR girls will have too!