Category: Family/Parenting

  • Raising My Black Son Brian, Child: the magazine for thinking mothers 2016-08-09 Suanne Schafer Twenty years ago, I adopted an interracial child—I’ll call him M—thinking a mother’s love could overcome all barriers, even racial ones. Twenty years later, I’m not sure I did my son any favors. I’m a white mom trying to figure out…

  • How White Parents of Black and Multiracial Transracially Adopted Children Approach Racial Exposure and Neighborhood Choice Sociology of Race & Ethnicity Published online before print 2016-08-02 DOI: 10.1177/2332649216661851 Kathryn A. Sweeney, Associate Professor of Sociology Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, Indiana Although past research on racial socialization tends to concentrate on providing cultural knowledge and pride,…

  • White KC mom of mixed family on why she constantly checks white privilege The Kansas City Star 2016-07-24 Aaron Randle, Culture Writer Amanda and Kenton Campbell have a mixed daughter and adopted son from Haiti “I’m so past the warm and fuzzy point,” the 36-year-old mom says Amanda Campbell is ready when you are. Ready…

  • Three Takeaways from Interviewing 110 “JewAsian” Couples and Kids The ProsenPeople: Exploring the world of Jewish Literature Jewish Book Council 2016-07-18 Helen Kiyong Kim, Associate Professor of Sociology Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington Noah Samuel Leavitt, Associate Dean of Students Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt are the coauthors…

  • On January 1, 1955, there were approximately four thousand mischlingskinder2 in the West German Republic. This number is still increasing by 250 to 350 a year. More than 70 per cent of the children are living with their mothers, and about 5 per cent with other relatives—grandparents, aunts, etc. About 12 per cent are in…

  • My Name Is Leon by Kit de Waal review – a touching, thought-provoking debut The Guardian 2016-06-03 Bernardine Evaristo Insight and authenticity … Kit de Waal. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian A young vulnerable boy is taken into care after his mother is no longer able to cope Kit de Waal has already garnered…

  • A brother chosen. A brother left behind. And a family where you’d least expect to find one.

  • Painful but necessary: Why I stopped putting off the racism talk with my daughter CBC News 2016-07-01 Samantha Kemp-Jackson Toronto, Ontario, Canada Demonstrators stand in front of the East Baton Rouge Parish City Hall doors on Monday. (Reuters) Talk opens door to a world where ignorance is not bliss and racism must be confronted head-on…

  • A JewAsian July 4th The ProsenPeople: Exploring the world of Jewish Literature Jewish Book Council 2016-07-22 Helen Kiyong Kim, Associate Professor of Sociology Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington Noah Samuel Leavitt, Associate Dean of Students Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington Earlier this week, Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Leavitt determined the three takeaways on raising…

  • How white parents talk with their black and biracial kids about race The Brood 89.3 KPCC, Southern California Public Radio Pasadena, California 2016-07-19 How does “the talk” about race and policing play out when a parent is white and their children are black or biracial? Listen to the episode here. Download the episode here.