Reflections in Real Time

If You’re Not Dismantling Whiteness, It’s Raising Your Child #adoptiveparenting #advocacyjourney #breakthecycle #dismantlewhiteness #equityinparenting #fiercelovenotfear #parentingforjustice #raisethemright #transracialadoptiontruths #transracialparneting #unlearningwhiteness #whiteawakeparenting

I used to believe that my fierce love for my Black twins was enough to inoculate them against racism. But whiteness—my own unexamined assumptions, reflexes, and fears—kept showing up in the quiet moments of parenting.

Late one night, I noticed a tall Black man walking toward me on an empty street. ...