tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562501061979806501.post5837295660655946744..comments2024-03-23T04:02:42.389-04:00Comments on The Muses' Circle: My Picks of the Week! (April 16th)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151049901938985698noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562501061979806501.post-2257055790963860162013-06-01T17:31:46.967-04:002013-06-01T17:31:46.967-04:00Wow all your picks seem wicked awesome!I love that...Wow all your picks seem wicked awesome!I love that you don't limit yourself to books, but many aspects of entertainment. That's really clever as I'm sure most of us dont's spend ALL of our time reading, even if we'd like to.<br /><br />I was already following you but i may have to come back occasionally to check up on you ;)<br /><br />Thanks for all the compliments on my blog,I wasn't sure anyone would be interested in diversity in books since many times people don't want to big deal about differences claiming that it holds us back as a nation. But i disagree.I want to embrace every difference because I want to learn and understand what I don't fully comprehend in this world.<br /><br />I'm glad you brought up your racial identity since the bi racial identity was always something I was always confused about. And when i mean confused i don't mean, i don't know what it is to be bi racial(I come from a cuban family so we have blacks, whites, mulatos, my cousin is half Inuit even an Indian uncle;like real Indian not native american), Just that I'm not bi racial so I've never completely understood the experience of what is was like to be bi racial. My boyfriend of 6 1/2 years is bi racial and bi cultural(Dad's black from Haiti and his mom is white from Colombia)and to this day i don't understand what it's like, so i'm always asking questions and bringing up topics just to understand his experience. So i'm glad to make friends with another person who can see the side of both sides of a coin.<br /><br />Even growing up and moving to the East Coast people didn't understand my background. I was black but my family was from Cuba and no one ever understood how you could be black and Latin without being mixed or bi racial.So i was never acted "black" enough(a ridiculous statement) to be black and never Light enough to be Latina. So maybe our experiences aren't really so different, lol.<br /><br />And p.s i'd love some suggestions on gay or transgendered characters in books, as well as any other suggestions you may have.<br /><br />I always love connecting with teachers because they really see the need for everything to be represented. Gay, disabled, asian, middle eastern...It's like teachers are always so open minded!GL Tomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927131507204092153noreply@blogger.com