Thursday, November 19, 2015

Taye Diggs speaks on his son Walker on being wants bi-racial and wants him to be proud of both his black and his white heritage

Promoting self-love: The actor, 44, wants his boy to be free to respect both sides of his heritage. 'He has every right to be just as proud of his mother’s ‘blood’ as well,' he said on social media on WednesdayFormer couple: Walker's mom is actress and singer Idina Menzel. She and Diggs were married from 2003 to 2014. They're pictured together in February 2012
Taye Diggs wants everyone to know he's cool with his bi-racial son identifying as either black or white or mixed. The 44 year-old actor said,
'When you [call biracial kids black], you risk disrespecting that one half of who you are and that’s my fear,' 


He went on: 'I don’t want my son to be in a situation where he calls himself black and everyone thinks he has a black mom and a black dad, and then they see a white mother, they wonder, ‘Oh, what’s going on?’'
Explaining what he meant: Diggs shared this message via Instagram and Twitter seeking to clarify comments he made during an interview published on TheGrio.com


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