The article mentioned the seminal Doll experiments by Kenneth and Mamie Clark, performed some seventy years ago in 1940 and repeated by Kiri Davis in 2005, that showed how black children preferred to play with white dolls.
I am sorry to hear this, LisaL. I hope that your future is brighter than your past, and that you will receive kindness from others that you did not receive from your parent.
This post makes me grateful that I have good and loving parents. This post also reminds me that my conduct as a parent - what I do or do not do - has immense impact on the lives of my children.
I suppose acceptance and forgiveness are two separate things. Regardless of which path you choose (and to that extent, your choices were unfairly narrowed by what your parents did or did not do), I do hope that you find happiness.
I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis of cancer, facetedjewel, and hope that the treatment is a successful one.
I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis of cancer, facetedjewel, and hope that the treatment is a successful one.