I teach Spanish to preschoolers a couple of times a week. Dawit came with me to class yesterday, and played and read quietly as I conducted class. I overheard this quiet conversation regarding Dawit between two four-year olds, one from Guatemala (D), one white (E):
D: Who’s he?
E: Senora’s son.
D: He has darker skin than me.
E: [...]
Archive for the ‘Race’ Category
Overheard
Posted in Adoption, Race on May 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Adoption Blogosphere
Posted in Ethiopian Adoption Blogs, Race on March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Many people come across my blog searching for information on Ethiopian adoption. I’ve found a wealth of information and friends through blogging this experience, and if you start clicking through the links in the sidebar, you’ll find varied experiences and opinions on adoption. Included in my blogroll are also First Family blogs–sometimes referred to as [...]
A perfect match
Posted in Adoption, Race on February 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Mrs. G., Dawit’s Kindergarten teacher, stopped us this morning to tell us about a class discussion. While learning about Abraham Lincoln, the 5 and 6 year olds talked about slavery. To demonstrate the idea of owning another human, Mrs. G. took one boy (his mother was in class volunteering) and pretended to pay his mother [...]
What to think?
Posted in Race on October 16, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I was picking up Lily from an afterschool activity yesterday, and Dawit was waiting patiently in the hallway. The room was filled with squealing first grade girls having a good time. Dawit looked in from the door, clearly feeling a bit sad to not be in on the mayhem.
As the girls were gathering [...]
Finally…the Anti-Racist Parent meme
Posted in Adoption, Race on September 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I was tagged by Erin for the Anti-Racist parent meme. Here goes:
1. I am:
Irish, German, Austrian
2. My kid(s) are:
Lily- Irish, German, Austrian, Scottish
Dawit-Ethiopian
3. I first started thinking more about race, culture and identity when:
I’m unsure of my age, but I was just tall enough to be rummaging through the “junk drawer” in [...]
