I don’t usually do this, but…

Posted in Articles, Autobiography, Biography on 2017-11-20 02:16Z by Steven

I don’t usually do this, but…

Simply Eartha
2017-11-18

Kitt Shapiro


Eartha Kitt leaving hospital after giving birth to her daughter Kitt (c. 1961-11-26).

I don’t usually respond to negative comments, but I am compelled to do so here because I feel there is an opportunity for dialogue on a subject that many struggle with and is very relevant in today’s times.

As the most popular post on my blog, ‘Why Don’t You Look More Like Your Mother?’, continues to receive a lot of attention, one recent comment has brought me back to the subject of race, specifically, mixed race, and the desire of some truly ignorant people to deny the existence of others, because they do not ‘fit’ the stereotype of how ‘mixed race’ people should look…


Eartha Kitt with daughter Kitt Shapiro

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