<p>A disturbing text message thread between the parents of a biracial daughter went viral after the father got their daughters hair braided and the mother complained that “she looks black and she’s not.&#8221;</p>
<p>We got the chance to ask the father, Nick Harris about his side of the story and this is what he had to say:</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been off and on for over five years and this is the first time race has been an issue.&#8221; Nick, who is black says Sam, a white woman and the mother of 2-year-old Izzy was initially upset when he sent her a similar style as reference to how he was getting her hair done.</p>
<p>&#8220;I feel like, I wouldn&#8217;t date someone I knew was racist. I mean, one of her best friends is black, I&#8217;m black, my mom&#8217;s black&#8211;I don&#8217;t know what the problem is. And I didn&#8217;t mean for the messages to go viral; I shared them on social media to get my friends and family&#8217;s opinion because I couldn&#8217;t believe someone could feel like this about their own daughter.&#8221;</p>
<p>Nick and Sam have been co-parenting for about a year and a half and like the messages imply, every time he picks Izzy up, her hair is allegedly a &#8220;hot mess.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It’s not&#8211;you know&#8211;properly groomed and never has the correct product applied to it. Izzy has a special texture of hair and it needs to be brushed and moisturized. It needs done on a regular basis,&#8221; he said. &#8220;She needs to do more than throw water in it and put it in a head band.</p>
<p>We asked if he would consider letting baby Izzy get braids again and he said:</p>
<p>&#8220;Every week! I already got it done this week and as soon as I get her next week I&#8217;m going to get it braided again if the holiday doesn&#8217;t get in the way.&#8221;</p>
<p>We know how Nick feels and from the text messages it&#8217;s clear how Sam feels but what about baby Izzy?</p>
<p>&#8220;She has no idea I want to keep it that way. It will be dealt with between me and her mom,&#8221; he told us. &#8220;She’s at an age where she’s not old enough to understand. I’m going to keep it as far away from her as I can and when she&#8217;s old enough to have the talk she will learn about racism and have to make a decision for herself.&#8221;</p>
<p>He says he and Sam haven&#8217;t discussed how they will keep this as far away from Izzy as possible but he feels she would be in agreement for the sake of Izzy.</p>
<p>&#8220;We haven&#8217;t had any conversation since this happened except for times and locations to pick up and drop off Izzy&#8211;but I think she would agree that we need to keep this away from her.&#8221;</p>
<p>If you missed the conversation between Nick and Sam check it out below!</p>
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