Monthly Archives: December 2007

I love nappy hair and little girls should too

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Tami

by guest contributor Tami Winfrey Harris “Maybe Aunt Tami can be the clown at my birthday party.” So my five-year-old niece told my sister. It’s not that I can juggle or do magic. I don’t own a pair of big, … Continue reading →

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Gratuitous cute kid pic!

Posted on December 27, 2007 by Carmen Van Kerckhove

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic! Anti-Racist Parent Brooke Janssen writes: “My daughter Miriam is anxiously awaiting the adoption of her new brother or sister. I’m thankful for the varying viewpoints represented on antiracist … Continue reading →

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Nativity stories without blonde hair and blue eyes

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Cloudscome

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Cloudscome When I was a child we always put out the Creche a few weeks before Christmas. Part of the anticipation of the coming day was looking forward to nestling the tiny little baby Jesus in … Continue reading →

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Holiday lull

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Carmen Van Kerckhove

by Carmen Van Kerckhove I’m taking a couple weeks off to visit my family in Hong Kong (for the first time in at least five years!) so postings will slow down quite a bit. For the next two weeks, we’ll … Continue reading →

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Gratuitous cute kid pic!

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Carmen Van Kerckhove

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic! Anti-Racist Parent KC writes: “Here’s a picture of my daughter at the Indiana State Fair. It’s not often that a suburban kid from Phoenix gets to collect eggs, … Continue reading →

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It’s not too late to take action, even after 40 years

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Jae Ran Kim

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Jae Ran Kim, originally published at Harlow’s Monkey People all over the world are talking about the return of an adopted Korean child by a Dutch diplomat and his wife. I’ve written about disruptions and dissolutions … Continue reading →

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Religion and culture in an interfaith, transracial family

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Dawn Friedman

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Dawn Friedman We are a transracial family. My husband, my son and myself are white. Our daughter is African-American and joined our family through an open, domestic adoption three years ago. Both my kids are being … Continue reading →

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Funny…I Don’t Feel Like an Adoptive Mother

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Deesha Philyaw

by columnist Deesha Philyaw The question Jan, a local poet, asked me should not have caught me off guard, but it did. She wanted to know if I would be reading later that evening at an open mic she was … Continue reading →

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Gratuitous cute kid pic!

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Carmen Van Kerckhove

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic! Anti-Racist Parent Shelley writes: “Several years ago my parents traveled to South Africa, the first people in my (white) family ever to do so. They brought back with … Continue reading →

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Columnist Intro: Deesha

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Deesha Philyaw

by columnist Deesha Philyaw I like to talk about race. I joke that, as a black woman, particularly as a daughter of the American South, I was born to do it. I was born and raised in Florida by my … Continue reading →

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