The most recent episode of the Jeopardy! GOAT tournament included a video clip on James Holzhauer. They also did this for Ken Jennings and the other guy (I forget his name because he’s a little too smug for my taste and I think the first episode with his over-the-top smugness jinxed him because now he keeps going in the red – but let me continue about the lovely James ❤️)

He spoke so highly of his “Granny” and they showed a picture of her Japanese face smiling at the camera while young James and his brother opened Christmas presents. His heritage is part Japanese and part German. The photo reminded me of ones I’ve seen of PJ as a kid with his Grandma, who is also Japanese.

PJ’s ancestry is Japanese, Italian, and Puerto Rican. Put it together with my Italian and Irish background and our kids are: Italian, Japanese, Irish, and Puerto Rican. For the most part, they appear white, but I bet if PJ saw that episode as a child, he would have loved to watch a contestant up there who looked just like him.

I’m happy to see more and more commercials and television shows with mixed-race couples, same-sex couples, different religions, and various ethnicities playing quality roles instead of the stereotypical characters of the past. I love walking through Target and seeing Barbie as a veterinarian in a wheelchair, and I love seeing runway models with Down Syndrome (Madeline Stuart) and the skin condition Vitiligo (Winnie Harlow). Why? Because every time I witness something like this, I think of the smiling faces of the children seeing themselves represented for the first time.

I’ve read so many comment sections where people spew their venom about not wanting diversity “shoved down their throats.” How about I shove my fist down your throat?

Guess what? I don’t want YOUR racist, slovenly, disgusting views shoved down MY throat every time I go online or out in public. How about that?

I really wish Louis C.K. wasn’t one of the weirdos *ahem* exposed in the #METOO movement because he is so 1,000,000% on point, especially when it comes to parenting. Here’s what he had to say about people not knowing how to explain same-sex marriage to their kids:

“It doesn’t have ANY effect on your life. What do you care?! Like when you see someone stand up on a talk show and say, ‘How am I supposed to explain to my child that two men are getting married?’ I don’t know, it’s your shitty kid, you fuckin’ tell ’em. Why is that anyone else’s problem? Two guys are in love but they can’t get married because you don’t want to talk to your ugly child for fucking five minutes?”

Note: sorry if you’re offended by the language but if you are, you probably shouldn’t read my blog anymore.

If we all started looking at things from a child’s point of view more often, the world would be such a better place.