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Monthly Archives: December 2006
Columnist intro: Meera
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Meera Bowman Johnson I never thought I’d raise my children in the country, but when my husband was offered a professorship at a well-respected liberal arts college in upstate New York, we nixed our plan for … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, black, columnist intro, community, diversity, jewish, mixed-race, multiracial, parenting, racism, school, white
11 Comments
Gratuitous cute kid pic!
… It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic! Anti-Racist Parent Julie writes: “My daughter, adopted from Hunan, June 2004.” If you’d like to submit a pic to us, please email us at team@loveisntenough.com. Thanks! Tweet
Reflection
by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Jae Ran Kim, originally published at Harlow’s Monkey A couple weeks ago, I presented two trainings for MN-ASAP (Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation) in southern Minnesota, and on the way home, I happened upon the song … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, international adoption, parenting, transracial adoption
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Brand-new “Addicted to Race” episode out now (#53)!
by Carmen Van Kerckhove A brand-new episode of Addicted to Race is out! If you haven’t already, please subscribe to our podcast in iTunes. Click here to launch iTunes and subscribe today, it’s absolutely free. Carmen interviews Kenneth Arroyo Roldan, … Continue reading
Gone fishin’
by Carmen Van Kerckhove . Well, not literally. But as of today I am going on a much-needed vacation with Mr. Carmen. Not to worry though, I’ve queued up several posts (even an Addicted to Race episode!) that will be … Continue reading
Columnist intro: Sue
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Sue Lyons-Joell When I was asked to join Anti-Racist Parent as a guest writer, my first thought was, “Wait, I’m not a parent yet – what could I possibly say?” Then I started thinking about parenthood … Continue reading
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Tagged Caribbean, Hispanic, Latino, black, caucasian, columnist intro, interracial-relationships, mixed-race, parenting, pregnancy, white
12 Comments
Gratuitous cute kid pic!
… It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic! Anti-Racist Parent Janet writes: “We had already been to the professional photographer to get the Christmas photo with no luck. Just before bed my girls, Nyambura and … Continue reading
Careful the things we say – and don’t say
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Ji In How do you say to a child in the night, ‘Nothing’s all black, but then nothing’s all white’? How do you say it will all be all right, When you know that it mightn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian, asian american, education, international adoption, parenting, race, racial-slurs, racism, school, teachers, teasing, transracial adoption
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Get Anti-Racist Parent delivered to you!
by Carmen Van Kerckhove Did you know that instead of visiting this site everyday, you can be notified anytime a new post goes up? Option 1: Click below to subscribe to our RSS feed: Option 2: Get daily updates via … Continue reading
Brand-new “Addicted to Race” episode out now (#52)!
by Carmen Van Kerckhove A brand-new episode of Addicted to Race is out! If you haven’t already, please subscribe to our podcast in iTunes. Click here to launch iTunes and subscribe today, it’s absolutely free. Carmen is joined by guest … Continue reading
James Kim: a real hero and a real man
by Carmen Van Kerckhove This is the transcript of a commentary I did last week for the radio show Pacific Time on KQED in the Bay Area. I didn’t know him, but it seemed like we could easily have run … Continue reading
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Tagged asian american, biracial, caucasian, fatherhood, interracial-relationships, mixed-race, mixed-race-identity, multiracial, parenting, racism, stereotypes, white
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In case you missed it…
by Carmen Van Kerckhove Every Friday afternoon we sum up the week’s best posts from New Demographic’s various projects. Here we go! ADDICTED TO RACE a podcast about America’s obsession with race Episode 51: Carmen is joined by guest co-host … Continue reading
The preschool dilemma
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Amber When my daughter turned three, my husband and I began the search for a part-time preschool. In addition to finding a match for our academic and location preferences, we wanted to find a school that … Continue reading
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Tagged diversity, education, parenting, preschool, school, toddlers
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Gratuitous cute kid pic!
… It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic! Anti-Racist Parent Denise write: “My little girls “getting married” today with my half slips on their heads!!!” If you’d like to submit a pic to us, please email … Continue reading
On adoption and race
by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist, Karen Walrond, originally published at Chookooloonks Back in August, a commenter asked what I thought of this article. It was written by a Lisa Lerner, a Jewish-American woman who adopted transracially from India, and who, as … Continue reading
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Tagged colorism, international adoption, parenting, phenotype, racism, skintone, transracial adoption
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How do you celebrate the, um, holidays?
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Jason Sperber
We put up our Christmas lights this weekend — well, we tried to put them up, but seeing as how four of five strings of icicle lights, which worked when I tested them individually, decided not to work when I had already gotten them up on the frakkin’ house, I guess I’ve gotta run to Target on my lunch break tomorrow.
Here in Bakersfield, of course, the first weekend of December is already late — Christmas-happy residents tend to follow the big-box retailers’ decorating lead and get stuff up by Thanksgiving eve, if not before.
Brand-new “Addicted to Race” episode out now (#51)!
by Carmen Van Kerckhove A brand-new episode of Addicted to Race is out! If you haven’t already, please subscribe to our podcast in iTunes. Click here to launch iTunes and subscribe today, it’s absolutely free. Carmen is joined by guest … Continue reading
In case you missed it…
by Carmen Van Kerckhove Every Friday afternoon we sum up the week’s best posts from New Demographic’s various projects. Here we go! ADDICTED TO RACE a podcast about America’s obsession with race Episode 50: Jen and Carmen discuss Jen’s transition … Continue reading
Columnist Intro: Michelle
by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers I guess at first glance, I would appear to be a good candidate as a contributor for the Anti-Racist Parent: I’m a biracial woman (mother is Korean, father is white) who is married to … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian, african american, asian american, biracial, black, columnist intro, interracial-relationships, mixed-race, multiracial, parenting, white
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Gratuitous cute kid pic!
… It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic! Anti-Racist Parent Rebecca writes: “This picture was taken at my moms house as Lauren (6) and Jacob (2) were meeting their baby sister Norah for the very … Continue reading