Gin reveals the power of a mentor when you’re growing up mixed
Gin reveals the power of a mentor when you’re growing up mixed A high schooler who’s talking about this subject casually. I hope that they know that they’re not alone. We all need a place to feel safe, right? It can feel, for whatever kind of stripe of human you are, there can be an […]
Gin Hammond remembers her beautiful visit to her favorite NYC mixed hair salon
Gin Hammond remembers her beautiful visit to her favorite NYC mixed hair salon So the biggest “come to Jesus” moment was when I decided to go to the Oidad Salon in New York. I didn’t have the budget for this, but oh well… It has a Brazilian founder. Only a few places are more mixed […]
What’s Gin’s Hair secret?
What’s Gin’s Hair secret? So whenever a curly haired person, especially if they’re mixed, comes across another curly haired person, there’s this instant connection Of course, business first: This business merger needs to be made. Thing needs to be saved, but let’s talk about hair. Right away there’s this instant knowledge. Like what? What’s your […]
Lessons about “Passing” I wish I knew sooner
Lessons about “Passing” I wish I knew sooner… A lesson that I learned about ‘passing’ that I wish I’d learned sooner is that it’s not about trying to fit yourself like an ever morphing puzzle piece into whatever situation you’re in. It’s more about just finding out who you are as a person and having […]
Gin’s Message to MAGA
If I was talking to a MAGA person. I would try and do that thing where you try and see yourself in the other, this comes up in all sorts of different religions, spiritual modes, things like that. Allegedly, it comes up in Christianity. And I think that remembering that our neutral when we’re babies, […]
What’s Your Most Recent Memory of Racism? Gin Hammond reveals…
What’s Your Most Recent Memory of Racism? Gin Hammond reveals… So you know, there’s something every day about racism. One thing that is still reverberating in me right now, however, is a personal relationship I have with somebody who is a darker skinned black woman, and she has basically lost it…. It’s very hard to […]
What are my first memories of racism? Gin Hammond shares…
What are my first memories of racism? It depends on the kind because there’s so many different kinds. There’s a vast array, right? There’s just feeling like looks were odd when I was a kid. Me being little and held by my dad. I think my dad got a lot of attention, especially when it’s […]
Which racial quotes inspire you the most? Gin Hammond responds
Which racial quotes inspire you the most? Gin Hammond responds When white people have quotes and thoughts, share their thoughts and quotes about racism, I think it depends on the track record, right? Do they have a long history of putting their money where their mouth is? Do they have a long history of deep […]
The conversation our society needs to have. Do you want to be invited? Just ask Gin
The conversation our society needs to have. Do you want to be invited? Just ask Gin Hammond from Living IncogNegro People that I want to have in the conversation, pretty much anybody who feels mixed racially and or culturally. I’ve been fascinated at how people who self identify as trans also feel like they can […]
Advice to multiple generations of people about “passing” and how these people should be feeling?
Advice to multiple generations of people about “passing” and how these people should be feeling? There’s a lot of strong emotion behind passing and that can change on different days, depending on your environment. So for people who are passing, I would like to say, “Allow yourself to feel different things on different days. Especially […]