This post was originally published at Racialicious on August 17, 2006.
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Quite a few people have pointed us to this New York Times article on transracial adoption today. (Thanks daddyinastrangeland, Naro% and Takara!) I haven’t had much time to formulate any intelligent thoughts on this yet, so I’m just going to paste […]

This post was originally published at Racialicious on June 16, 2006.
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
(Thanks to Kaushal for this tip!) Really interesting essay in the latest issue of Newsweek, written by a Filipina woman now living in the U.S. who has a mixed (Filipino/white) son. On a trip back to the Philippines, she notices […]

This post was originally published at Racialicious on June 15, 2006.
by Jen Chau
Nice story in the Christian Science Monitor — a mom of mixed and transracially adopted kids reflects on a time when she took a stranger’s solemn staring as an act of hostility, but was instead pleasantly surprised.
…it was quite an experience going out […]

This post was originally published at Racialicious on June 8, 2006.
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
(First heard about this case on Blogging Baby.)
Olivia Shelltrack and Fondrey Loving are facing eviction from the house they purchased in the St. Louis suburb of Black Jack, MO. The reason? This town has an ordinance that prohibits more than three people […]

This post was originally published at Racialicious on June 6, 2006.
by Usha (a new guest contributor!)
I spotted a product placement blog entry for Crayola®’s multicultural markers on Blogging Baby. Come to find that Crayola® actually unveiled its multicultural line back in 1992.
Crayola® describes its multicultural line as “an assortment of ethnic-sensitive color palette.” The new […]