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I love the platform these girls have created and have been following them following since the George Floyd murder also. My girlfriend is mixed race (White British and black Jamaican) and although we are both from East London, where it is pretty diverse, she has told me about how she grew isolated through school and beyond and has experienced racism from white counterparts and colourism from black counter parts. She is like Naomi and Natalie in that she is starting to feel more confident in her own skin and hair as she grows older but we have recently moved into a suburban Essex area that is predominately white and that in itself is brining it’s own new challenges. I cannot wait to get this book next year and continue to read what the girls are saying, it has been an invaluable resource to me to better understand what my partner is going through and has made our conversations a lot more informative. Congratulations on the book and Thank you!

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I'm really looking forward to this book. I'm a monoracial (black) mum, to 2 mixed (black and white) children (3 and 1) and I find it so difficult to read that they may feel that I won't be able to understand their mixedness. They are going to grow up in a predominantly white area, but our home is filled with black media from the books they read to the artwork around the house. We openly discuss the colour of skin and hair and all the things that make them them. It's such a struggle finding and connecting with mixed families outside of London and I really do hope that we are doing enough for them to feel seen and heard and loved and appreciated. I really love this newsletters they are really thought provoking and good discussion points.

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