I don't think most grandmothers give a shit...

[WHAT]

about the racial make-up of their grandchildren. Because, by that time, they know they're sucking on hard candy and are grateful for that spot of sweetness, is the creamy center green or yellow or black or white...chartreuse?...what difference? It is the taste of sky and ground, wind, that sweet taste. So, there are some mathematicians comfortably coached in standing-wave impeccability demanding prerogatives. Life is the only prerogative; sweet, bitter-sweet.

If an organism is stressed, will it put its prerogative into progeny? does that prerogative take precedence over progeny? yes.

What are good genes? Not taking into account the status rather than the fitness for life, we are all on the same playing field, if we are breathing, today, our ancestors brought us to fruition, no-matter the inconsequential like race, status, location. We are all equally alive and questioning.

Oh, all so sweet and inimical and worthy...

[JitterbugPerfume]

1. I am a great- grandmother

and I care a LOT about my multi cultural family


just ask my Guatamalian nephews , and my grand daughters black significant other

[grizmaster]

2. Only semi-related but you might find this amusing

article about our two closest relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos.

I think we'd be better off following in the bonobos steps than sucking on hard candy.


http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082406J.shtml

One of the most interesting things about the bonobo chimpanzees is the way in which they handle conflict. Common chimps are like us. When there is conflict over a scarce resource, like food, they beat each other up. But bonobos have a different approach. They are the "make love not war" chimps. When tension arises in the group, they drop everything and start having sex. Everybody. All at once. Later, after everyone has calmed down, they share.

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. make love, not war!

:loveya:

[grizmaster]

15. Kinda makes me wish I'd been born to the bononbo branch of the family

I can just imagine starting fights with the family every time I needed a little.:evilgrin:

[Clark2008]

4. That explains why make-up sex is sooooo goood!

:evilgrin:

[WHAT]

8. that sounds sooo cool...

like mourning and celebrating, at the same time.

Hey, a party?...

[grizmaster]

17. If you're a bonobo you might START off having a bad day

but you KNOW it'll all turn out well before the end of the day.


Seems like the bonobos take the "don't go to bed mad" philosophy very VERY seriously.

[MysteryToMyself]

19. I bet the bonobos are the more evolved of the two

War is primitive. Sex is nicer. :blush:

[MysteryToMyself]

21. Our high school science teacher asked who were our ancestors

A student said his grandfather was an Alaskan sheep dog. Everyone thought that was laugh out loud funny except the teacher.

[nini]

5. My grandson is the most precious kid in the world

Half Black, 1/4 Samoan and the rest me - German and Portuguese.


I wouldnt' trade him for the world.. :D


see my avatar.

[maddezmom]

12. He's gorgeous

:hug:

not a granny, but here are my 2:

[nini]

18. Thanks.. your two look like a blast!

what cuties! I can't keep up with little Mikey.. grandma's not quick enough :D


:hug:

[LibertyLover]

6. Not quite a grandmother yet

the darn stepdaughter doesn't plan on having kids - but my daughter is Chinese and I certainly wouldn't trade her for anything in the world.

[Tracer]

7. For medical reasons ...

... my son and his new wife are unable to have children.

They are planning to adopt --- and I will welcome with open arms ANY child they have, and I don't give one good s*&t what color it will be!

[China_cat]

10. And then you have my stepfather's wife

who won't even attend any family functions if her daughter is going to be there because the daughter is married to a black man and they have 2 beautiful bi-racial kids that she calls 'half breed bastards'.

I don't attend any functions that she's going to attend. The temptation to do mayhem would be too great.

[WHAT]

13. I'm sorry...

You know life is more beautiful than this...

I can tell...

[bumblebee1]

9. I've got a grand niece and nephew who are 1/2 Puerto Rican.

Both are two of the happiest kids in the world. My nickname for my grand nephew is Mr Smiley. He always seems to have a smile on his face. Last Sunday was the grand niece's christening. My sister had to order her christening gown from someplace in the Bronx. No stores in her area had gowns large enough for a one year old. This gown had almost as much beadwork as some wedding gowns. It was quite beautiful. This gown also had a train on the back. It got quite a few compliments from the people at the church. One woman there made the snide comment about my grand niece being too old to be christened. My niece and her significant other didn't have the money for their daughter to be christened earlier.

[WHAT]

14. (sigh) Gorgeous...

no matter, with love and art...the impulse towards standards and celebration must manifest, somehow...I can just see it!...

[Totally Committed]

11. I have grandkids that are half African-American,

grandkids that are half Indonesian, and grandkids that are Caucasian. At family gatherings there is everything from dredlocks to blonde curls at the dinnertable. Their racial make-up has nothing to do with the wonderful human beings that they are. I am proud of each of them... and, I love each and every one of them dearly.

TC

[WHAT]

20. All. our children...

the children of our future, our hope.

The children of the future, I hope my grandchildren will be among them. I hope...

(who decides who will live and who will die)

What math raises the lowest integer to a primary number what.

[Iris]

24. Your post gave me chill bumps.

Have been thinking about international adoption lately. . .

[MysteryToMyself]

16. I don't care, but even if I cared about their race,

after being around them awhile, they would take my heart. I would love a mixed race child, but would worry that their lives will be harder than it should have been. I have 6 Caucasian grandchildren and each is unique with their own dna and ancestors due to their father's and my daughter's dna mix.

But I care about all the children. The children in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Palestine and Israel. They weigh heavily on my mind. I feel so ashamed about what we are doing over there. That is why I won't vote for anyone that wants to have a perpetual war and think it is ok to drop bombs where children are known to be.

[WHAT]

22. Me, too, I worry about the children, the children of the human race...

Me, too.

and, can you only promote what you own or does what you own become all of it...after a little contemplation?.Why does that god-damn religion about choice have to figure into it because I don't want to choose...

I pick "something different."

[WHAT]

23. Kick...

(h well, it's important to me.

to the human race,...

[uppityperson]

25. I am hoping mine are humane.

If I get any.