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Jodie Turner-Smithis talking about what it’s like raising a biracial daughter.
In an interview withELLE UK, theQueen & Slimactress, 36, explains how daughter Janie — whom she shares with husbandJoshua Jackson— will have a “completely different experience” than either of her parents as she is both Black and white.
“She is going to have a completely different experience in the world than I did, because I have given birth to a mixed-race girl,” Turner-Smith tells the outlet of her daughter, who turns 3 next month.
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When Turner-Smith fell in love with theDr. Deathactor, 44, her feelings shifted.
“Now that I’ve got this little, tiny, light-skinned boss, I feel like it’s the universe teaching me lessons,” she continues. “I’ve been given a daughter who looks this way to heal my own conversations around colourism.”
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Speaking withBustlein December, Turner-Smith praised her husband for his support of her as a working mom, saying he “has always tried to maintain that I would always have all the support that I needed so that I could do both.”
In addition, the couple has the support of Turner-Smith’s mom — who lives with the family — and at times, a nanny.
“Right now my daughter still comes with me most of the time, except when I go on trips that are under a week. That has been working for us so far,” she explained at the time. “Obviously it’s challenging because I don’t want to create a space in which my husband can’t see her when he’s working.”
source: people.com
