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Black Adoptees Outraged Over White Man’s Public Plea to Help ‘Do’ His Black Newborn’s Hair

Although he has since deleted the video of him brushing his adopted daughter's hair, the man's message has renewed conversations about adopting Black children.

By

Amira Castilla

Published

February 7, 2024
Culture, Race Matters

‘A Microcosm of America’: Rebecca Carroll on Trauma, Amy Coney Barrett and the Tangled Web of Transracial Adoption

The acclaimed writer's memoir, Surviving the White Gaze is a rare and nuanced account from a transracial adoptee. So why do so many insist on missing the point?

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

December 14, 2021
News, Race Matters

White Woman Discovers Racism

In the latest episode of Red Table Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith, alongside her mother, Adrienne Banfield Norris, hosted former Sex and the City star Kristin Davis for a probing, earnest talk about the complications of transracial adoption. Titled “Should White People Adopt Black Kids,” the discussion featured Davis talking at length about her experiences as…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

July 9, 2019
Va. Father of 3 Adopted Boys: 'Family Is Deeper Than Skin Color'

When 29-year-old Barry Farmer decided that he wanted to be a foster parent eight years ago, he says he didn’t expect to end up as an adoptive father to three young boys, WRIC reports. “When someone calls you dad, you’re like, ‘Who, me?’ I just like taking care of children,” Farmer told the news station. However,…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

September 19, 2016