by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist, Karen Walrond
Sorry for the long absence; the truth is, my family and I have recently moved from my homeland of Trinidad & Tobago to Houston, Texas. I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t had a few trepidations about it.
I come by my apprehensions honestly. Although I’m from Trinidad, I’d lived […]
by Anti-Racist Parent Columnist, Karen Walrond, originally published at Chookooloonks
Back in August, a commenter asked what I thought of this article. It was written by a Lisa Lerner, a Jewish-American woman who adopted transracially from India, and who, as it turns out, ended up having trouble handling the fact that her daughter was dark: “even […]
by ARP Columnist, Karen Walrond
Soon after moving to the United States in 1978 at the age of 11, I got my first real taste of American Halloween. Because I had attended an American school in my homeland of Trinidad, I knew what Halloween was; however, Trinidadians as a rule don’t celebrate Halloween with quite the […]
by ARP Columnist, Karen Walrond
My name is Karen, and I’m from The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.
You may think the fact that I’m from a small, two-island country at the southernmost part of the Caribbean Sea may seem rather irrelevant in a forum like this one. However, the truth is Trinidad & Tobago boasts one […]
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