Just surfed over here while looking for Black Mothers who blog! Thanks for such a powerful and well put post. So many people want to say that color is not important...well it is important to me....it represents my history...my family and all their sturggles that made it possible for me to be here! Acknowledging ones heritage does not mean that you are putting down another persons heritage.....Thank God for all the cultural differences of the World! We must ALL acknowledge that we are not the same but that this is THE TRUE BLESSING! What no one should do is put down anothers heritage.....this is where we make the awful mistake.....be proud of who you are.....but give RESPECT to others! wishing you all peace in parenting!