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Tag Archives: slavery
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged colorism, history, mixed-race, multiracial, parenting, phenotype, race, racism, skintone, slavery
38 Comments
Ask ARP: Are we teaching the history of slavery too early?
Dear Anti-Racist Parent, I am a white parent and have two sons (ages 6 and 8). I am committed to doing all I can to raise them in an anti-racist environment. Education is critical to this goal. However, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged ask-anti-racist-parent, classroom, race, racism, school, slavery, teachers
25 Comments
This is where we live.
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Jason Sperber This is where we live. A couple weeks ago, my wife and I took our almost-three-year-old daughter to her first county fair. She got to eat French fries and funnel cake, look at cows, … Continue reading
Why aren’t black mothers breastfeeding?
by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Tiffany Pridgen Coming from a very conservative small town, breastfeeding was a topic that was never discussed outside the home and certainly not practiced in public. For context, in the same small town if you were … Continue reading
Tagged Uncategorized, history, newborn, parenting, pregnancy, race, slavery
31 Comments
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
9 Comments
Addressing the root of it all
by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Liz Dwyer Thirty years have passed since the name “Kunta Kinte” was etched into my memory. The miniseries Roots was my first real education about the chattel slavery that held this nation in its grip for … Continue reading
Tagged Uncategorized, african american, black, history, institutional-racism, parenting, racism, slavery, tv
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How should parents supplement the watered-down history children learn at school?
by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers As a parent with a school-aged child, I struggle with how much I should interfere with what she learns at school. For example, I dread when Thanksgiving comes around because I’m always certain that … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african, aids, celebrities, international adoption, madonna, oprah, slavery, stereotypes, transracial adoption
8 Comments