Owlhaven, our Ethiopian adoption blogger, just wrote a post about a petition being circulated asking Disney to create a movie about a Black heroine. This is a wonderful idea, and I don't understand why the marketing geniuses over at Disney haven't yet come up with it. The audience is ripe and waiting for a movie like that - and has been for years.

Us in the library field know how hot the multicultural market is for stories about princesses of varying ethnicities. I'm talking about... more

I have a dear, dear, dear friend who is the father of two transracially adopted children.

The wife of this dear, dear, dear friend makes much effort to expose her kids and involve her kids in African American culture (her kids are biracial/African American and Caucasian). She has worked with local black churches and has made many friends and acquaintances there, she goes to get-together of a local group of Women of Color, she buys them books that emphasize African American heroes and achievers, she makes effort to seek out friends for her children who... more

Mocha Moms, according to their website, is a support group for stay-at-home moms of color. I first heard about this organization because my good friend Laura used to go (back when her kids were at home and she wasn't working so much).

Here's the thing - my friend Laura is not a person of color, although she does happen to be a parent of children of color. She attended the meetings and get togethers because a)she has a lot in common with the women (stay at home/work at home mom parenting children of color) and b)she... more

This is in response to Owlhaven's post about the beauty of transracial adoption, and how adopting a black child costs less than adopting a white child, for instance, or a Korean child, and how that's offensive.

I wrote this in her comments field, but then I decided I wanted to make it its own post.

I agree that it's offensive. But I also think it reflects (an unfortunate) reality of our culture. I also think that just because a family decides they want to adopt a child of their same race it doesn't make them racist. Many people, when they first look into adoption, consider adopting transracially and... more

I have been asked by many people why they cannot adoptive a Native American child, but I can.

I look "white", I sound "white", I act "white"...so what makes me so special?

I am a registered Cherokee Indian, and have enlistment on the Western Cherokee rolls in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

In the past, many Native American children were losing their identities. It was considered "filth" to be Native, and those unfortunate people that listened to the stereotypes dis-enrolled from their tribes.

Then, before tribes were able to support themselves, a LOT of tribes... more

I was at lunch today with one of my friends. We were eating at a popular pizza place that is REALLY inexpensive, so lots of families go there.

A black couple walks in with 5 white children. It was OBVIOUS, of course, that they were either foster or adoptive children. I never approached them to ask, though, so we'll just say it was ASSUMED that these children were foster or adoptive children.

Anyway, my friend saw them come in as well, and I made the comment, VERY quietly, that I bet that they were either foster or adoptive children.

Next thing you know, quietly,... more