by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Over the last year, we’ve had some lively discussions on Anti-Racist Parent about the problematic racial elements of Halloween.
Jason Sperber urged parents to use Halloween as an opportunity to discuss stereotypes with their children:
What, then, are the messages and meanings embedded in these costumes, and do our children really want to broadcast […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
If you haven’t already, do check out this somewhat controversial article in the latest issue of Mother Jones magazine about international adoption: Did I Steal My Daughter? The Tribulations of Global Adoption (hat tip to Jae Ran).

I was particularly struck by this quote:
“I think [adoption] is almost an antithesis to oppression,” Kevin […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Natasha Sky
My son was writing in his workbook the other day. We’re homeschooling in the eclectic-semi-unschooling-style; the workbooks have been around for over a year–my kids think they’re fun. The books are actually a great distraction for a cranky kid who is not going on the errand with Dad. This workbook […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parent Anita writes: “Paloma was thrilled to see her old toys in a new environment- the motel room where we spent part of a glorious vacation to Boulder!”
If you’d like to submit a pic to us, please email us at team@antiracistparent.com. Please include […]

Dear Anti-Racist Parent,
I am a Mom of two girls and I live in Eastern Canada. I am looking for some advice about the children’s rhyme “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Catch a tiger by the toe”.
Last week, on the way home from daycare, my oldest daughter (who is 4) began to recite this rhyme. […]

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, and dance like crazy to Los Lobos, performing live in a concert sponsored by an […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parent Michelle writes: “Our sweet girl. 3 years old.”
If you’d like to submit a pic to us, please email us at team@antiracistparent.com. Please include a caption we can use, and let us know what name (first name only or pseudonym is fine) we […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Paula, originally published at Heart, Mind and Seoul
When I was in the 2nd grade, my teacher would occasionally ask for a student to volunteer and help close the end of the school day with a joke, funny story or even just sharing something about themselves with the rest of the class. […]

by guest contributor Rachel Sullivan, originally published at Rachel’s Tavern
I remember an argument I had with my mother a few years back. I had brought my boyfriend, a black man, who I had been dating for 4 years, to a family picnic. At the picnic, my grandfather and his wife refused to shake my ex-boyfriend’s […]

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 of. But she could more easily stand in for a white girl with an olive complexion. […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parent Cynthia writes: “I can’t resist. I am so smitten by my son, that I have now stooped to sending in this most recent and most cute pic. I love your blog, learn a lot from it, and continue my education as a […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Maegan “la Mala” Ortiz
Maybe it’s because I’m a conscious Latina parent with a background in activism. Maybe it’s because I hate and don’t identify with the term Hispanic. Whatever the reason, I don’t celebrate or doing anything special for the 30 day period from September 15th to October 15th that we […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I just spotted this excellent list of tips for white parents with adopted children of color over on Harlow’s Monkey. It’s written by Sun Yung Shin in the Summer 2007 issue of MN ASAP Family Voices newsletter.
1. Live in or move to, if you have to, a multicultural, racially and ethnically […]