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Tag Archives: phenotype
Explaining Michael Jackson
[Editor’s note: Not surprisingly, pop icon Michael Jackson has come up more than once in ARP discussions of race, self-esteem and Eurocentric beauty standards. How does one explain to children a young, black man seeming to morph into a white woman? … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged african american, black, celebrities, colorism, identity, michael jackson, phenotype, race, racism
36 Comments
Columnist Intro: Liza
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Liza Talusan I guess I never really thought of myself as an anti-racist parent, but rather an educator about race and culture. As the Director of Intercultural Affairs at a small Catholic college in Massachusetts, much … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Asian, Hispanic, Latino, asian american, biracial, disability, interracial-relationships, mixed-race, multiracial, parenting, phenotype, race, racism, skintone
15 Comments
Is it just me?
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Meera Bowman-Johnson, originally published at Not the Nanny My mother always told me not to stare, but I soon realized that’s not always possible. So I decided that at the very least, if one must silently … Continue reading
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Tagged colorism, history, mixed-race, multiracial, parenting, phenotype, race, racism, skintone, slavery
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Columnist Intro: Lisa Marie
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Lisa Marie I come to Anti Racist Parent as a black woman, as a transracial adoptee and as a woman who recognizes parts of myself as a mother to my friends, my family, my youth, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian, Hispanic, Latino, adoption, african american, asian american, biracial, birth-family, black, caucasian, columnist intro, family, mixed-race, mixed-race-identity, multiracial, parenting, phenotype, race, racism, transracial adoption, white
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Ask ARP: What should I do about a conversation about skintone that misses the point?
Dear Anti-Racist Parent, My daughter’s preschool teacher had asked me last month if we had any preference for classroom books on family diversity, and I said I had no preference there, since she expressed no two-mom-related issues. But that she’d … Continue reading
Having a multicultural doll ghetto is not enough
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Dawn Friedman Recently I wrote on my blog about trying to find an African American Polly Pocket for my 3-year old daughter. My efforts were only slightly successful – I did find a brown-skinned Polly, kind … Continue reading
Tagged Uncategorized, colorism, diversity, dolls, parenting, phenotype, race, racism, toys
25 Comments
Good hair and bad hair: the silent messages our children receive
by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Liz Dwyer A couple of weeks ago, I was at someone’s home talking with another woman who was also a guest. As we talked, my two sons were hovering around, quietly doing their usual Power Rangers … Continue reading
Making me a liar: responding to intrusive questions about my children
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Natasha Sky I hear one question from strangers more often than any other: “Are they all yours?” The second most common question goes something like this, “Are some of your children adopted?” Long ago I stopped … Continue reading
Butterball
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Cloudscome I have been trying to write a post about how we come to know white privilege. In particular I am wondering how to talk to other white people about it when they say things like … Continue reading
Tagged Uncategorized, colorism, parenting, phenotype, race, racism, skintone, white, white-privilege
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Revisiting Desiree’s Baby
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Sue Lyons-Joell In 1893, Vogue magazine published the Kate Chopin story, “Desiree’s Baby”. The melodramatic tragedy set in antebellum Louisiana involves a foundling mother, her planter husband, and their newborn son. Desiree drowns her child and … Continue reading
Tagged Uncategorized, identity, mixed-race, mixed-race-identity, multiracial, newborn, phenotype, race, skintone, slavery, white
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Deciding to talk about it
by guest contributor Tiffany Pridgen As a child I was never specifically instructed on race or culture by anyone in my family, and I’m certain that is fairly unusual for someone from a family of color. The truth is, we … Continue reading
Miss M goes to China
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 … Continue reading
On adoption and race
by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist, Karen Walrond, originally published at Chookooloonks Back in August, a commenter asked what I thought of this article. It was written by a Lisa Lerner, a Jewish-American woman who adopted transracially from India, and who, as … Continue reading
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Tagged colorism, international adoption, parenting, phenotype, racism, skintone, transracial adoption
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