{"id":54557,"date":"2017-07-18T20:16:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T20:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=54557"},"modified":"2017-08-04T02:22:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T02:22:53","slug":"for-some-adopted-kids-theres-a-danger-in-erasing-racial-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=54557","title":{"rendered":"For Some Adopted Kids, There’s a Danger in Erasing Racial Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Some Adopted Kids, There’s a Danger in Erasing Racial Lines<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Takeaway<\/a>
\nWNYC Radio<\/a>
\nNew York, New York
\n2017-07-10<\/p>\n

Todd Zwillich<\/strong><\/a>, Host<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nRebecca Carroll<\/a> (upper left) with her siblings, circa 1974. (Courtesy of Guest)<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Takeaway<\/em> has been presenting conversations about race and identity through our original series, “Uncomfortable Truths: Confronting Racism in America<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Last week, we featured a conversation<\/a> with Takeaway<\/em> listener Rechelle Schimke and her brother, Gerritt. Rechelle is white; Gerritt, who was adopted, is black.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Carroll<\/a>, editor of special projects at WNYC Radio, heard echoes of her own story in that conversation. Rebecca, like Gerritt, is black, and was also adopted by a white family.<\/p>\n

But while Gerritt’s experience resulted in a seeming erasure of racial lines, Rebecca insists on the importance of recognizing the different identities that have shaped the history of race in America.<\/p>\n