This past weekend definitely reflected how thankful my family is of one another as we had a custody case for my 7 month year old niece since the mediation earlier this semester did not come to an agreement between my sister and her baby daddy. Maya, my niece, is such a blessing for my sister as it not only forced her to become sober, but has influenced her to remain in her sobriety. With that said, her and her baby daddy are now heading in different directions since their priorities are not the same anymore. Therefore, my sister is fighting for full custody. The baby daddy's family is not a stable environment for Maya to grow up in. The grandpa is in and out of jail, they live in an impoverished community in Third Ward Houston, known for the gang activity exhibited there. Among those factors, the baby daddy has a history of drug activity. During the mediation, his family was claiming we were making racist accusations and generalizations because of the community they live in which weren't true, however all of our points of attack were; which is why I had to become involved and testify since I have had a relationship with him since I was in middle school and know him and his family very well.
My point of this blog directs towards our racism discussions we have had over the semester. My family is being accused of exhibiting internalized racism to gain custody of my niece, however the baby daddy;s family is using that as a defense mechanism against us. Experiencing racist accusations is something I have never experienced and really took to heart. I am on the other side of the accusations however, but it still was hurtful to be accused of acting so injustly when my family is no way and has never been a racism family. Just thought I'd share with the you all this experience and how hurtful it was, however at the same time this situation in the end brought ALL of my family together which hasn't happened in years.
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