In part 1 of this series, I explained the circumstances that led me to explore the question, ‘Why Not Adopt a Black Child?”. In this next installment, I present my findings. I cast a wide net via phone and email, asking friends, fellow writers, friends of friends, strangers from online message boards and from the [...]
Why Not Adopt a Black Child? by Deesha Philyaw “We have many clients seeking to adopt, but none of them are waiting for a Black child.” The woman’s voice on the phone was at once unsettling, moving, and life-changing. A caseworker at a local Christian adoption agency, she had received a call from a Black [...]
Please do yourself a favor and check out the latest addition to my blogroll, For Harriet. The site’s tagline says it all: Celebrating the fullness of black womanhood. The content is smart, thoughtful, and edifying. I don’t come away from it feeling like, “Heard it all before…” or “We need to do better…” I come [...]
My friend Tami of WhatTamiSaid is holding it down at Change.org with a new piece on race and the mommyhood. Bonus: I’m quoted! Or rather, my Bitch article is.
This is the first installment of a column I was invited to write for another site, but there was so much delayed response after the initial acceptance, that I just withdrew it. And then proceeded to sit on it for about 2 years (it dates itself with the Obama reference; we all know that he [...]
Love this. I don’t know the source, but I got it from my brilliant Tweep dumilewis. Get more of Dr. Lewis here.
As usual, it’s a multi-tasking fest here in Mamalicious-land. But instead of feeling overwhelmed, I’m feeling good today. It helps that my morning with Mini-Me and BabyGirl was uneventful. They made it to the bus stop (which means I didn’t have to drive!), and they had biscuits for breakfast, which is always a sign of [...]
This just in from our good friends at New Demographic/Racialicious/AntiRacistParent… “We want this Anti-Racist Parent to be the premier resource online for anti-racist parents. And we need your help. Please take a moment to complete a brief survey that will help us uncover the issues that are of most value to you. We will share highlights of [...]
…his racism. But Jack and Jill politics is.
(photo jacked from PPR_Scribe’s blog entry) Yesterday, my sister-friend PPR_Scribe who blogs at This So-Called Post-Post-Racial Life updated her excellent blog series, “Working with Black Women”. I am hanging on her every word…check it out! Part 1, Part 2