Reflections in Real Time
Why I Started White Awake Parenting: A Journey From Fear to Fierce Love
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When my beautiful, Black children came to me through adoption, I thought love was enough. But very quickly, I realized it wasn’t. Not in a country still deeply scarred by racism, systemic injustice, and unequal power.
If we white parents don’t do the work — if we don’t face our own whiteness, unlea...
Am I Racist? A Hard Question for White Parents of Black or Brown Kids
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It only took 10 seconds for educator Jane Elliott to demonstrate how racism lives in all of us.
She asked a room full of mostly white people:
“If you would be happy to be treated as this society treats our Black citizens, please stand up.”
No one stood.
She waited a moment and repeated the q...