by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Amber
Before we traveled to China to adopt our younger daughter, I expected that a white mom carrying an obviously Asian baby would attract a lot of attention from the locals. In the city where we met my new daughter L, few Chinese are even aware that international adoption exists. [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist, Amber, originally published at American Family
Ever since the Chinese school incident M has been struggling to wrap her head around the idea of race. While she seemed to have an ok understanding of skin color (people with dark skin, people with brown skin, people with light brown skin, people [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist, Amber, originally published at American Family
For the last couple years, we haven’t had to deal with too many comments about M’s biracialness. It is probably because she is out in the world with me more often than not and most people seem to just think she is white. The less attention [...]

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 was representative of the Midwestern city where we live, including African, African American, Middle Eastern, [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist, Amber
As a white woman, I was not raised to think about my race. I was supposed to be colorblind and not acknowledge that I noticed other people’s race. Growing up, it wasn’t hard to keep up that charade, because most people I came into contact with in my small town were [...]