It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parent Jen Bradley writes: “I’ve already submitted one photo (thanks for including it), but now that we have a new family member, thought I’d share this one too… this is 4 year old Maya welcoming her baby sister Allie to the world.”
If you’d […]

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, […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Wendi Muse recently pointed me to a blog post at Upside-Down Adoption about televangelist Rev. Creflo Dollar.
Dollar and his wife are African-American but chose to adopt a white child when they first got engaged. Here’s how he explained it to AOL Black Voices:
Why did you choose to have a family before marriage […]

by guest contributor Jen Chau, originally published at The Time Is Always Right…
Here’s the conclusion:
Flash 1: Our date with destiny. I mean…the principal.
Conclusion: Paper cutting, Cave paintings, Jackson Pollack splotches, and quizzes.
Moral: Think creatively!
I had absolutely no idea how I was going to actually teach art in a way that would add value to my […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I need your help!
As many of you may know, one of New Demographic’s other blogs is Race in the Workplace, which is all about how race and racism influence our working lives.
I’m looking for stories to use in our Watercooler section, where we share real-life horror stories from the frontlines of race […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Grandparent Bill Stroud writes: “It was Grandmommy’s birthday and Marie was sleeping over. When she awoke, Grandmommy brought her to bed and they both fell back to sleep. She found that the down comforter draped over Grandmommy’s hip made a perfect pillow. ”
If […]

by guest contributor Jen Chau, originally published at The Time Is Always Right…
Not even the most well-designed and sparkly lunchbox could have emotionally prepared me for my first week of school. I guess what works as a kid doesn’t always translate to adulthood. Here you will find stories from my first week, but I […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A brand-new episode (No. 80) of Addicted to Race is out! Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s weekly podcast about America’s obsession with race.
Carmen and Wendi discuss how the fashion and beauty industries continue to marginalize women of color.
Wendi Muse is a graduate of NYU where she had a concentration in legal […]

by guest contributor Jen Chau, originally published at The Time Is Always Right…
[dedicated to V and Crane]
If I could go back in time to my days as a teacher, I would do things very differently. Isn’t it easy to say we would use a different approach years later, when we are wiser and more experienced!? […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parent Daneille writes: “Virtual twins, Efram and Ramona, thrilled to be wearing matching shirts given to them by friends who are bio twins”
If you’d like to submit a pic to us, please email us at team@antiracistparent.com. Please include a caption we can use, […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Vera L
During this past school year, the idea of beginning a group for parents of African American students at my sons’ elementary school positioned itself in the forefront of my mind. There is already a group at the school for Latino parents. One of the Latina moms decided to […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A brand-new episode (No. 79) of Addicted to Race is out! Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s weekly podcast about America’s obsession with race.
An all listener feedback episode in response to episode 77, in which Latoya Peterson and I discussed feminism and women of color. Thanks to everyone who called and wrote […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Jason Sperber
Last week, the parentblogosphere (or at least the neighborhood I frequent) was buzzing, post-BlogHer, with HKMIC (that’s Head Kimchi Mama In Charge) CityMama/Stefania Pomponi Butler’s smackdown on clueless PR flacks trying to get mombloggers to flog their stuff for free to their highly coveted demographic. Seems that that demographic […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Paula
It is an honor to participate in the dialogue here at Anti-Racist Parent as a columnist. As a Korean adoptee of white parents who is married to a white man with two children – including a daughter who was born unto us and a son who, like me, is adopted from […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A brand-new episode (No. 78) of Addicted to Race is out! Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s weekly podcast about America’s obsession with race.
Carmen interviews Stephen Duncombe, author of the new book Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy. From the book’s description:
What do Paris Hilton, Grand Theft Auto, Las […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parent Kellie writes: “Here’s a pic of our sweet daughter, Helen Tsehaynesh, on the day that a carrot apparently exploded in our kitchen. Her name means “sunshine” and she is without a doubt the light of our lives.”
If you’d like to submit […]

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers
Like everyone else who grew up in the 70’s and 80’s, I loved watching “Different Strokes.” Of course, I was enamored with the show mainly because of Gary Coleman and waited with anticipation every episode for him to scrunch up his face and demand, “Whatchu talkin’ bout, Willis?!” In […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A brand-new episode (No. 77) of Addicted to Race is out! Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s weekly podcast about America’s obsession with race.
Carmen and Latoya discuss why women of color sometimes feel ambivalent about feminism.
Overly opinionated and a prime candidate for MAA (Media Addicts Anonymous), freelance writer and blogger Latoya Peterson […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Tiffany Pridgen
I spend a lot of time being the only black person in a group. I’m used to it — that’s the way it’s always been and it’s rare that I ever feel uncomfortable about a situation. It’s not even because I didn’t grow up around black people — it’s because […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parent Jennifer Shelley writes: “This is Sam in the bath after a fun day at his sister’s birthday party. Sam decided to show his sister how to play in the cake and he had icing from the top of his head to his […]