Tag: Oona King

  • Oona King: My family values The Guardian 2013-04-19 Roz Lewis The Labour peer talks about her parents, growing up as the only mixed-race child in her class, and being an adoptive parent I was born in Sheffield. My father, Preston King, is African American; my mother, Hazel, is a Jewish Geordie. I have a brother,…

  • On adoption, race does matter The Guardian 2012-12-21 Oona King Like Michael Gove, I used to believe a loving family was all. But I’ve heard from too many black adoptees who are struggling with their identity “My social worker is racist,” said a softly-spoken 10-year-old white boy. “She says I shouldn’t stay with my foster…

  • At last! It’s cool to be mixed race (which is handy because I’m African, American, Jewish, Geordie, Irish, Scottish and Hungarian) The Daily Mail (United Kingdom) 2010-04-25 Oona King, Head of Diversity Channel 4 Comment by Steven F. Riley It should be noted that scientists have determined that there is more genetic variation within so-called…