FCC NY: Families with Children from China
FCC is a nonprofit organization supporting Chinese adoptees and their families and friends.
AKA: Also Known As
The mission of Also-Known-As is to empower the voice of adult international adoptees, build cultural bridges, transform perceptions of race, and acknowledge the loss of the birth country, culture, language and biological family experienced by international adoptees
KAAN: Korean American Adoption Families Network
KAAN's mission is to improve the lives of Korean-born adoptees by connecting the community and providing opportunities for dialogue, education, and support.
Adoption, Race, and Where’s the Hairbrush?
African hair has always had specific political and cultural meaning. “The braids on black people’s heads in pre-colonial Africa were like very detailed ID cards. They showed everything from tribal affiliations to how much wealth a person had,”
Confronting Your Own Inner Racism when Considering Adoption
It's important for parents who are considering this to really be honest with themselves about whether or not this is a reflection on their own internalized racism, why it is they think those things, and what messages they might be delivering to their kids.
Transracial Adoption: Promoting Racial Literacy or Perpetuating Colorblind Racism?
Most parents are open to anti-racist practices,yet are conflicted between perceptions of how racism operates in society and their actual lived experiences. MEPA is a colorblind racist policy that reproduces colorblind racism through its failure to provide parents with adequate resources concerning race and racism.
The Realities of Raising a Kid of a Different Race
Wells knew that raising a black son wouldn’t always be easy. "But what I have been surprised by is this: At no point in the process of considering transracial adoption did I think I would have to teach my son how to stay alive.”
Four Tips and Resources for "Post-Race" Parenting
Terry Keleher is a parent and racial justice educator with the Applied Research Center, which publishes ColorLines.com. Read his essay on being a white father of an adopted black son here. Below, he offers some actionable advice for racially conscious parenting in a supposedly colorblind world.
Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Positive Identity Formation in Adoption
Donaldson Adoption Institute's major study on identity formation for adopted persons. This groundbreaking work provides significant information and insights on a range of issues relating to adoption, particularly across racial lines.
America Soured on My Multiracial Family
We quickly discovered that if you’re the white parents of an adopted black child, and you’re in the public eye at all, men and women will viciously criticize you for having the audacity to believe that you can raise your kid.