Tia Mowry reflects on growing up biracial and how her mother faced racial profiling while her father experienced privilege
With protests against police brutality and racism being waged across many of the big cities in the US over the last 10 days, actress Tia Mowry is opening up about growing up biracial and the racial-profiling her mother faced.
The Sister, Sister star took to Instagram on Thursday and shared a photo of herself posing with her twin sister, Tamera, and their mother Darlene Mowry.
‘This is a photo of my beautiful mother. Growing up #biracial, mom is black and dad is white, it was very clear to me seeing the #privilege that my dad had as opposed to my #mother,’ she began in the moving caption.
Moving: Tia Mowry, 41, opened up about growing up biracial and how her mother, white is black, faced racial profiling, while her father, who is white, got to experience more privilege
Mowry shared some examples of the major differences she saw during the time she and her identical twin sister starred on Sister, Sister from 1994 to 1999.
In one instance, she described how they would often fly first class with their family while traveling for work.
‘There were several times my mother was asked if she was in the right seat,’ the mother of two revealed.
Personal experience: The mother of two shared some examples of the major differences she saw during the time she and her identical twin sister starred on Sister, Sister
There was another egregious incident when the family was looking to buy their first home as a family.
‘My mother walked in the house model with us asking for a brochure. A person had said the houses were sold out,’ she wrote.
‘My dad walked in and it was a different story.’
Mowry ended her lengthy statement by sharing her ultimate goal: ‘change.’
Making their mark: Tia and Tamera Mowry starred on Sister, Sister from 1994-1999
Uncertain times: Mowry also revealed she has shed ‘several tears’, in the wake of the protests against the George Floyd killing and police brutality and the COVID-19 pandemic
‘This year has been a tough year. Several tears have been shed,’ she confessed.
‘However, a friend told me these tears will not be wasted. The #love and #support around the world has kept me going. A #change is gonna come.’
Mowry’s Hollywood resume also includes starring roles in the fantasy comedy film Seventeen Again (2000), the teen comedy film The Hot Chick (2002) and the Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches (2005) and its sequel, Twitches Too (2007) with her sister Tamera.
She also had roles in the musical comedy film The Mistle-Tones (2012), the romantic comedy film Baggage Claim (2013) and the drama film Indivisible (2018).
End goal: Mowry ended her lengthy Instagram statement by sharing her ultimate goal: change