It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic (and more pumpkins)!
Anti-Racist Parent Carrie Le Chevallier writes: “Lola & Diego’s First Pumpkin Patch!”
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 […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Margie Perscheid, originally published at Third Mom
I have a little pendant that I’ve worn for many years. It’s tiny thing, a little gold filigree oval with the word 어머니, omoni, which is Korean for mother, in the center. I don’t remember where I bought it, from an online store I think. […]

by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Liz Dwyer
About a month ago my husband came home with the December issue of Ebony magazine. I grew up seeing copies of Ebony around the house and so did he. But neither of us really read Ebony these days, so I was curious when I saw the top of […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Tiffany Pridgen
Lately I’ve been thinking about what it means to “raise black children,” specifically when the children in question are multiracial. Apparently because they are part black they have to be treated with special consideration as they’ll face special prejudices.
It’s not a subject I typically devote a lot of brain […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parent Maria writes: “I took this of my girls at bedtime. Big sis Lauren needs to have cuddle time with baby sister Noelle every night. As you can see they are both tired and ready for sleep….. I wish!”
If you’d like […]

Note from Carmen: This post was originally meant to go up during the holidays. Christmas may be over, but Easter is on its way! So I’m posting this anyway, as I think Michelle’s thoughts are still relevant, funny and thought-provoking.
by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist Michelle Myers
Since my oldest daughter Myong has been old enough to understand […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Tami Winfrey Harris
I am a black woman who has spent my life trying to explain who I am.
I am the daughter of a son of the Jim Crow South. I am a member of a black family that helped integrate a white enclave in the 70s. I am the kid who […]

Dear Anti-Racist Parent,
My child just started kindergarten at a publicly funded, open enrollment, community operated charter school. We live in a very racially diverse city, and the school is located in a neighborhood that is historically African American, though it is also, like much of the city, gentrifying. The population of this school is […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parents Amy and Howard write: “Inez Maria, our precious baby girl. Adopted one year ago when this picture was taken. We are so glad to have found this blog, as a transracial family (and transnation - USA, Scotland, and Guatemala) this blog and […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Margie Perscheid, originally published at Third Mom
My oldest child went away to college in the fall. It’s a huge milestone, but he’s breezing through it with barely an emotional ripple. Not so his mom.
I’m finding quite hard, actually to think back on the days when he was little […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic!
Anti-Racist Parent Erica Jong writes: “This is our beautiful and hilarious 3 year old son, Silas. Super heroes rule his world and he can still wiggle his way into this spandex Superman costume we made him for his 2nd birthday. We had […]