Ask ARP: What’s the best neighborhood for a transracial family?

Dear Anti-Racist Parent,
My American family is transracial: my husband and I are white, and our kids, who were adopted from Ethiopia, are black. We are now living in Egypt, but we always think about where we’d like to live once we move back to the US. Where is the best place for a transracial family [...]

Madonna, Africa, adoption, and the white man’s burden

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Before I get started with this post, a few clarifications. First, I don’t think that Madonna is the evil, attention-hungry, Angelina-copycat that others are making her out to be. I’m sure she was guided by the best of intentions when it came to this adoption. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t buy [...]