Mixed Me!
I just want to start off by saying, I didn't even remember Taye Diggs was an author. I totally forgot, but any who....
This little story book is adorable. Ever since I read it, I think of my little cousin Noah, and his little sister, Mya. They have a bi-racial set of parents: African American mom and Caucasian dad. And they are the cutest little things.
Underlining the story, pretty much a little boy, with a mixed set of parents, loves himself, and wants everyone else to except him for who he is. He is younger, so of course he had kids at school questioning and picking and teasing him, but he wants the world to know, hey, I am not mixed up, I am just mixed!
I think it is a great story, not just on the racial aspect, but an acceptance type of level. People have to start accepting who they are, if you can change it, do so, if not, just let it be. Now of course, people shouldn't tease people because of who they are, we cant help it, I didn't ask my mother to make a baby with a man outside of her race, ya know? But that should matter. I think if I could, I would want to do a family tree project of some sort, so that everyone in class, everyone in the world, can see that no one is all white, or all black, or straight Chinese, we all have mixtures in us some where. And we have to accept who we are.
This story falls under the realistic fiction category, because he can be based on something real, even though its made up. But the art work is one thing that caught my eye. I think it was the light orange brown zigzag curls in his hair. great job, Shane Evans.
1) Are you mixed with something?
2) What texture hair do you have?
3) Why do you think kids pick on others by what they look like?
Diggs, Taye. (2015). Mixed Me! New York, New York & China: Feiwel and Friends.
I think it is a great story, not just on the racial aspect, but an acceptance type of level. People have to start accepting who they are, if you can change it, do so, if not, just let it be. Now of course, people shouldn't tease people because of who they are, we cant help it, I didn't ask my mother to make a baby with a man outside of her race, ya know? But that should matter. I think if I could, I would want to do a family tree project of some sort, so that everyone in class, everyone in the world, can see that no one is all white, or all black, or straight Chinese, we all have mixtures in us some where. And we have to accept who we are.
This story falls under the realistic fiction category, because he can be based on something real, even though its made up. But the art work is one thing that caught my eye. I think it was the light orange brown zigzag curls in his hair. great job, Shane Evans.
1) Are you mixed with something?
2) What texture hair do you have?
3) Why do you think kids pick on others by what they look like?
Diggs, Taye. (2015). Mixed Me! New York, New York & China: Feiwel and Friends.
Chaquala,
ReplyDeleteI want to start by saying I had no idea that Taye Diggs was an author let alone a children's author. I think a fun activity that you could do with this book is to have the students get into groups and have a group discussion about their experiences dealing with people questioning them or picking on them about something. This may be a difficult activity but I think if it's done at the beginning of the school year it'll set the tone for the classroom not being a place where students can bully one another. This will also help the classroom become a conducive learning environment, where students feel comfortable sharing their ideas and thoughts throughout the year.