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A reader sends this beautiful photo with the note: “This is a picture of our daughter Carly who joined are family this past March through international adoption. Carly has three mommies, her birthmother in Nepal, and two mommies who are forever grateful to have the opportunity to love and raise such a beautiful little girl.” 
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Crossposted from Sociological Images:Seeing is Believing
Ann DuCille, in her book Skin Trade, takes two issues with “ethnic” Barbies. 
First, she takes issue with the fact that “ethnic” Barbies are made from the same mold as “real” Barbies (though sometimes with different paint on their faces).  This reifies a white standard of beauty as THE standard of […]

In a recent episode of “Mocha Moms” on NPR’s “Tell Me More,” the roundtable discussed how to talk race and politics with kids.

Dear Anti-Racist Parent,
I have a nephew who is a white supremacist.  He and my other nephew are both “troubled” (to put it lightly), and tend to cause major issues at family events.  Tonight during a light political discussion - - - joking all around- - - my nephew suddenly got a cold evil look in […]

What do you want to talk about?

You can feel the joy in this picture of reader Shannon C.’s children, Nat and Selina, dancing.
Got cute kids? Send us their photos and we will feature them in the Gratuitous Cute Kid Pic column. Simply e-mail team@antiracistparent.com.

crossposted from Mixed Race America
Recently I was asked to give a talk about race and diversity, specifically to talk about my own experiences as a woman of color in higher education. So I drew upon some of the themes that I’ve discussed previously in this blog–about the definition of race as we know it (in […]

Carmen spied this article and shared it with me. We think there are some race, class and general parenting issues to dig into here. From the New York Times:
ONE morning early last month, long after that frantic hour between 7 and 8 when most New York City parents were hustling their 4-, 5- and 6-year-olds […]

By Anti-Racist Parent columnist Liza Talusan, crossposted from To Loosen the Mind
This post is about “references”. No, not job references or character references — rather, the ability to be able to reference some thing, some one, or some concept that, essentially, will make sense to a 5-year old.
Not too long ago, I wrote about how […]

Tell us all about it.

Wayne H. shared this photo of his family (l-r): Tigist, Sierra, Mia and Surafel.  He says, “Is it just me, or does the camera love them?”
Got cute kids? Send us their photos and we will feature them in the Gratuitous Cute Kid Pic column. Simply e-mail team@antiracistparent.com.

Dear Anti-Racist Parent:
My middle school son recently told me that his good friend was making Jewish jokes (my son is Jewish, the other boy is bi-racial African-American and Latino). It was bothering my son so we brainstormed a conversation he could have asking his friend to stop.  I also asked my son if he was making racial jokes and […]

Black and Progessive Sociologists for Obama posted a brief piece by the daughter of Viola Liuzzo. Like me, you may find the name sounds familiar, though you can’t quite place why:
Viola Liuzzo was a Detroit area housewife and mother of five whose best friend was her African American housekeeper. In defense of the dignity of her […]

From The New York Times:
SEOUL, South Korea — Daunted by the stigma surrounding adoption here, Cho Joong-bae and Kim In-soon delayed expanding their family for years. When they finally did six years ago, Mr. Cho chose to tell his elderly parents that the child was the result of an affair, rather than admit she was […]

What’s on your mind?

Awww. Even while home sick with strep throat, reader Steven B.’s son Darius takes a handsome photo.
Got cute kids? Send us their photos and we will feature them in the Gratuitous Cute Kid Pic column. Simply e-mail team@antiracistparent.com.

Crossposted from What Tami Said
It is probably heresy for the editor of a parenting blog to admit ambivalence about parenting, but here’s the deal: I’ve never had a strong desire to be a parent. I like children. I enjoy the wonder with which they view the world. I love their guilelessness and energy. I […]

by Deesha Philyaw, anti-Racist Parent columnist
The other morning, just after breakfast, my almost-5-year-old daughter Peyton excused herself from the table and began to peruse the bookshelves in our family room. Never one to settle for “kid” foods (at 3, she told the pediatrician that her favorite food was “spicy Pad Thai”) or “kid” clothes (she’s […]

By Anti-Racist Parent columnist Liza Talusan, crossposted from To Loosen the Mind
As many readers know, I work at a predominantly white college in the US, where I am one of a handful of professionals of color. To keep myself entertained — rather, to keep myself from going nuts — I often try to find humor in […]