Monthly Archives: March 2007

Just For Me Texture Softener targets white parents of black and multiracial girls

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Dawn Friedman One of the first things I learned when my husband and I, both white people, began to explore adopting a child of African descent is that there would be a major curve for us … Continue reading

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Addicted to Race 62: AsianWeek’s ‘Why I Hate Blacks’ Column

by Carmen Van Kerckhove A brand-new episode (No. 62) of Addicted to Race is out! Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s weekly podcast about America’s obsession with race. (Sorry this one was so late!) Carmen is joined by guest co-host … Continue reading

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Columnist Intro: Liz

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Liz Dwyer I grew up being called, “white sugar” by my maternal grandmother. My cousin was the “brown sugar”. My grandmother would good-naturedly say that white sugar was the sweetest. Needless to say, my browner-skinned cousin … Continue reading

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Gratuitous cute kid pic!

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic! Congratulations to our very own Anti-Racist Parent columnist Susan Lyons-Joell! She just gave birth to a healthy baby girl last week! Sue writes: “Six-day old Jessica is bonding … Continue reading

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“I would never give my baby away”

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Cloudscome We were standing waist deep in the water of the community pool on a hot July afternoon. I was holding Buddy Boy, my 23 month old adopted black son in my arms. I wasn’t the … Continue reading

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The great American melting pot?

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Jae Ran Kim Okay, I am totally showing my age here, but when I was a kid in the midwest in the 1970′s and 80′s, my siblings and I spent every Saturday morning watching cartoons and … Continue reading

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To be a lost child

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers “. . . well, enough rage and helplessness, and your love turns to something else. . . . It turns to steaming piss.” -Mitchell Stephens in The Sweet Hereafter “I’m telling you this . … Continue reading

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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 Stephanie Brown writes: “I love your site and wanted to send in this picture for the gratuitous cute kid pic! This is my 2 1/2 year … Continue reading

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