by Carmen Van Kerckhove

Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s podcast about America’s obsession with race. Here’s a rundown of what you’ll find in this episode:
What do you do when your white supervisor’s child asks you why your skin is brown? Is the New Haven Firefighters Supreme Court case evidence of “reverse racism” against whites? Carmen […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Wow! I just checked our stats and it turns out we had close to 400 people registered for my free teleseminar yesterday, “Love and Sex: What’s Race Got to Do With It?”
Those of you who joined me live - thank you! Those of you who missed it, don’t worry. If you registered, […]

Talk amongst yourselves… Heres something to get you started from this week’s Newsweek magazine:
If my purse ever gets stolen, it’s Dave Chappelle’s fault. In the spring of 1997, I attended a barbecue at the home of a friend in Los Angeles. Since the party was almost exclusively populated by a particular type of television writer […]

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic. This one comes from reader Jenn F., who says: “These are my sons. Danny is 6, and Rome is 3. We adopted Danny from Ethiopia in 2007, and the boys have been fast friends since the day they met.”
Got cute kids? Send their […]

I may be dating myself when I say that I used to have the “Free To Be…You and Me” album on heavy rotation in my play room when I was a wee Tami. Thanks to Soul Bounce, I rediscovered this charming performance of “When We Grow Up” by Roberta Flack and Michael Jackson on the […]

[Editor’s note: On Monday, we published Jackie Morgan MacDougall’s response to the controversy surrounding her year-old MomLogic post about an incident where her three-year-old son asked why her co-worker’s face was brown. Today, we have a response from Morgan MacDougall’s co-worker, Winter Johnson.
This, I think, is an illustration of why conversations about race can get […]

written by Anti-Racist Parent contributor Renee; originally posted at Womanist Musings

I am constantly looking for images of girls defying the gender binary to teach my boys about equality.  I have recently started to talk to them about Emily Yeung.  In the above segment she is learning how to snowboard.  In many of the episodes she […]

[Editor’s note: A few weeks ago, we discussed an old MomLogic post that was newly heating up the parenting cybercommunity. In it, a mother talked about how she handled a situation where her child asked why a co-worker’s skin was brown. She handled it by asking the co-worker to explain. For that, the author was […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
What is it about the combination of race and sex that makes it so explosive? How is race getting in the way of your relationships without you even knowing it? What racial dynamics are driving the unconscious choices you’re making when it comes to your relationships?
I’m going to share that and much […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove

Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s podcast about America’s obsession with race. Here’s a rundown of what you’ll find in this episode:
We dedicate this episode to the memory of Michael Jackson and explore the role that race played in his life and career. In what ways did his music break racial […]

[Editor’s note: Not surprisingly, pop icon Michael Jackson has come up more than once in ARP discussions of race, self-esteem and Eurocentric beauty standards. How does one explain to children a young, black man seeming to morph into a white woman? How does one explain to children an icon of black music–a Motown star no less–that seems […]

[Editor’s note: Not surprisingly, pop icon Michael Jackson has come up more than once in ARP discussions of race, self-esteem and Eurocentric beauty standards. How does one explain to children a young, black man seeming to morph into a white woman? How does one explain to children an icon of black music–a Motown star no less–that seems […]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A few years ago I was at a conference to deliver a workshop. During the break, a man came up to me and asked me what topic I’d be speaking on.
“Interracial relationships,” I replied.
As soon as the words came out of my mouth, his whole manner changed.
He started leering, and asked me […]

Talk!

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another gratuitous cute kid pic. Lynn S. shared this shot of adorable Izzy, 5, and Sadie, 1.
Got cute kids? Send their pics to team@antiracistparent.com.

crossposted from Mixed Race America
To close out APA Heritage/History Month, I want to give you the text of a speech by Jennifer Hyashida, which she made to City Hall in NYC. I know Jennifer–she is an AMAZING scholar-activist. Her words are truly inspiration and the perfect note to end APA Heritage Month:
2009 APA Heritage Month […]

Last week on “Women: Body and Soul,” New York’s WBAI radio tackled the issue of fatherlessness and how it can impact women, specifically women of color. Listen.
(H/T to Bianca Laureano, ARP’s newest columnist. More on Bianca soon.)

by Carmen Van Kerckhove

Update: link to MP3 is at the bottom of the post. Thanks Jan!
Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s podcast about America’s obsession with race. Here’s a rundown of what you’ll find in this episode:
Can we tell an Iranian woman’s politics from the looseness of her headscarf? Why is the way a black […]

written by Anti-Racist Parent columnist Liz Dwyer; crossposted from Los Angelista’s Guide to the Pursuit of Happiness
This past Friday and Saturday I attended a fantastic festival called the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival. The purpose was to celebrate the experiences of multiracial/multicultural people through film, readings, workshops and live performances.
My kids and my husband […]

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