We can also be amused by how white people seem unable to tell that people who are obviously black are indeed black. The internet is littered with “10 Celebs You Didn’t Know Were Black!” lists. How could anyone think Bob Barr, the former Republican congressman from Georgia, is white — including Mr. Barr himself? (Google “Bob Barr black” if you want to go down that particular rabbit hole.) She understands that you do not defeat racism by ignoring race but by acknowledging it, embracing it, accepting it — and giving your new family the charge to accept it, too.

Source: New York Times May 07, 2019 20:15 UTC