See What Tia Mowry Has to Say About Growing up With Biracial Parents
Sister, Sister star Tia Mowry reflects on growing up with biracial parents and tells her story in an emotional message.
Tia Mowry has a black mother and a white father. She witnessed and learned at a young age the “privilege” one parent had compared to the other, she explained in her Instagram post. She even included a few examples to help illustrate the different ways the two parents were treated. During filming for Sister, Sister, she recalls flying on a plane in first class to arrive on set, and her “mother was asked if she was in the right seat” several times.
Mowry concludes the post with a hopeful message stating her “#goal is to see #change. This year has been a tough year…The #love and #support around the world has kept me going. A #change is gonna come.” You can view her full post below, which includes a beautiful picture of her and her sister Tamera Mowry, along with their mom.
Mowry also used her social media platform to talk about the uncomfortable conversations black families have with their child about racism and social injustice. Her son Cree received this conversation at five years old, after getting called “ugly” because of his “brown skin” while at camp. Mowry and her husband “took this opportunity to start talking about our amazing leaders like #martinlutherking and #rosaparks.“
The actress is in a new show titled Family Reunion found on Netflix Family where this hard and emotional conversation occurs. We hope that this scene in the show will spark other parents to think about what age is a good time to discuss hard topics with their kids and maybe even some ways to go about doing it.
Children are the future and it is important to educate them on the injustices within the world so that they can learn and grow to make the world a better place for everyone. Growing up with biracial parents showed Mowry the reality of what can occur in this world. Her goal is to see change, and we all hope it comes soon.
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