Tag: Nicole Soojung Callahan

  • ‘Mixed Kids Are Always So Beautiful’ Motherlode: Adventures in Parenting The New York Times 2013-08-19 Nicole Soojung Callahan Like many other people of color, I am no stranger to awkward conversations about race. Strangers have complimented my English, remarked on how tall I am “for an Asian” and — more times than I can count…

  • Why We Need to Talk About Race in Adoption Bitch Magazine 2013-05-29 Nicole Callahan Two years ago, on vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains, I saw a white couple at a restaurant with their Asian daughter. Though her father told her to quit staring, I felt the girl’s eyes on me all through the meal.…