by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Ji In, originally published at Twice the Rice
Some months ago, I was quoted in a newsletter article about an adult adoptee panel I participated in last summer, regarding the importance of adoptive parents helping transracially adopted children make connections to their heritage and birth culture. I just came across the […]

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Ji In, originally published at Twice the Rice

In The New York Times, adoptive mom Suzanne Paola reflects on the ways her son Jin, adopted from Korea, has constructed his own unique identity.

My son, at age 8½, changed his name to Penguin S’ Ice, and he has kept that name for almost a year now, un-bratty in his corrections, but adamant.

Paola’s essay serves as a reminder that no matter what parents expect, children can remake their identities in the most unpredictable ways — as Jin Penguin S’ Ice demonstrates.

by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Ji In
How do you say to a child in the night,
‘Nothing’s all black, but then nothing’s all white’?
How do you say it will all be all right,
When you know that it mightn’t be true?
What do you do?
Careful the things you say, children will listen.
Careful the things you do, children will see
And […]

by ARP Columnist, Ji In
Greetings, anti-racist readers! My name is Ji In, and I’m delighted to join Anti-Racist Parent as a contributing blogger.
As a woman of color and transracial adoptee, I am deeply invested in the discussion surrounding anti-racism strategy and raising race-identity consciousness. I grew up as one of two Korean-born adoptees in my […]