by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Liza Talusan
I experience privilege. I am college educated. I have a steady, salaried job. I am heterosexual. I have a house and a mortgage. Two cars. Two kids. One dog. I am able bodied. My husband and I are married. Both of my parents are still alive and well. I [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Tami Winfrey Harris
When my husband and I began making plans for my 13-year-old stepson to move from Chicago to live with us in our new home in central Indiana, I was ambivalent. I promise I am not a wicked stepmother. I love J. He’s a caring kid with a fun personality [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Tiffany Pridgen
Lately I’ve been thinking about what it means to “raise black children,” specifically when the children in question are multiracial. Apparently because they are part black they have to be treated with special consideration as they’ll face special prejudices.
It’s not a subject I typically devote a lot of brain [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Maegan “la Mala” Ortiz
My parents, who came to New York City from Puerto Rico as teenagers, were not anti-racists. How else to explain how I, their first born, was named after the priest seducing white girl from the Thorn Birds and Elizabeth Taylor, leading to a lifetime of explaining that no, [...]

Dear Anti-Racist Parent,
I appreciate the content on your blog. I have read some very interesting and touching things here.
My sister is considering moving to the south. She is a single mother of two mixed-race boys – 1/2 African American – 1/2 Caucasian.
I am starting to worry that they boys may be met with more resistance [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Liz Dwyer, originally posted at Los Angelista’s Guide To The Pursuit Of Happiness
I have worked with almost 100 schools across Los Angeles and Compton over the past 8 years and I definitely have seen that race is a factor. If I take the top five lowest performing schools in Los Angeles, [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Jae Ran Kim, originally published at Harlow’s Monkey
My family lives in a neighborhood in the city that is very diverse; many of our neighbors are Hispanic Latino, Somali and African American. Our kids go to a public school that has a Montessori core curriculum and because of that there is less [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Vera L
My older son got into trouble again at school the other day. I learned about it from his younger brother, who gleefully greeted me after school with the news. “Mommy, Oliver, got benched today.” He delivered it in classic younger brother fashion, one eye on me looking for a reaction [...]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Mike Lee
My wife and I — we are both in the medical field — never really thought about the “glass ceiling” concept because we often see people of varied ethnicities in high positions in our field. However, my wife’s cousins, who are in the business field, recently reminded us that it [...]

by Jen Chau
I’m sure that as adults, we can all say that there are things we wish our parents knew about us as we were growing up. Perhaps things that would have made things easier? Or things that would have created more understanding between us? (Disclaimer: ”I wish my parents knew…” is going to be a regular column in which [...]