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The pervasive popularity of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Princess Diana, and Marilyn Monroe prompts the question: Is there a golden ration for relevance beyond the grave?

Dear Care and Feeding: How Do I Show My Biracial 5-Year-Old That Black Is Beautiful? Slate 1/1/2021 © Provided by Slate Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by nicolesy/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Dear Care and Feeding,  I am the mother of two beautiful little brown girls, ages 2 and 5. Daddy is Black, and I am as white as a mayonnaise sandwich. We started a dialogue about race with my oldest early o...

Dear Care and Feeding,  I am the mother of two beautiful little brown girls, ages 2 and 5. Daddy is Black, and I am as white as a mayonnaise sandwich. We started a dialogue about race with my oldest early on and are trying to teach her pride in her heritage and features. On her first day of preschool, she proudly presented me with a coloring page with a little girl with white skin and blond hair. I casually asked why she colored the girl that way, got a nonanswer, and warily chalked it up to c...