I have struggled to find words to express what I thought and felt as I watched the videos of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile being killed by the police. Last night, I wanted to say something that hasn’t been said a hundred times before. It finally dawned on me that there is nothing to say that hasn’t been said before.

An EmbraceRace series of articles about race and homeschooling, from the perspectives of three different homeschooling parents.

Spanish is not only our language, it’s how we express our love for each other.

Witnessing my children become brothers and sisters, not through shared genes but through shared experience, has been one of the most powerful parts of raising them.

I liken our son’s homeschool experience to that of a Historically Black College and University, sheltering and protecting him from institutionalized racism but allowing him to safely explore his heritage from an Afrocentric perspective.

For me, being mixed race has meant feeling like I needed to continually justify, excuse, or explain myself.