Created as part of the Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York’s Anti-Racism and Social Justice Initiative, Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Racism on Children’s Mental Health is a resource guide to support the mental health of youth from marginalized groups. Please share it with youth, parents, and professionals!
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.
Some of the most difficult conversations to have with ourselves and our children are about race. Here are some resources that can help you gain [...]
In this mix of live-action and animation, a young boy of color navigates bias in the classroom and its impact on his future. The film also includes the voices of other children sharing their experiences, at school and at home, as they grow older.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
