Nayyera Haq, Author at The Root

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Birthing My Half-Black, Half-Pakistani, Full-Muslim Son in the Era of Trump

I went into labor 30 minutes after Donald Trump’s election night speech. I have the worries that any new mother would have about raising a child in the era of Trump, where ugliness is out in the open and civility no longer exists. My son was born pink. Not mocha, like his daddy. I really…

By

Nayyera Haq

Published

February 3, 2017