As a mama of four, it's hard for me to get away. There are so many amazing adoption conferences and camps, but most of the time, it's not realistic for me or my family to attend.
Therefore, I get a lot of my transracial adoption and parenting education from face-to-face interactions with those in our "village," online communication, and also fantastic books.
Today I'm sharing with you the six current must-read books if you have adopted transracially or are considering doing so. (And here's a list of ways you can support your transracial adoptee).
Why these six?
I think they give a broad view of race in America and helps us see how these important things like systemic racism, the preschool to prison pipeline, police brutality, Black Lives Matter, etc. relate to our multiracial families and our transracial adoptees.
1: Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
2: I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
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| Me, Austin Channing Brown (author of book rec #2), and my tween |
3: White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
4: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race
5: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
6: Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
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