We recently had an event for our transracial adoptive families. Transracial means a lot of things, but for the program I work on, this means families — pretty much exclusively white — who have adopted African-American kids. Or, as one of our moms — in an unparalleled Midwestern show of euphemism — puts it [...]
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“You should move”
Posted in race, white people, work, tagged can i touch your hair, moving, racism, transracial adoption, unlearning racism, white privilege on October 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today I’m putting together some materials for a presentation on transracial adoption. I started to think about a common question we get, the common answer, and the common response. This has happened at our conference, at our meetings, at various interludes where parents have the chance to ask our workers the questions that most dig [...]
What is the whitest thing
Posted in race, white people, work, tagged adoption, racism, white people, white privilege on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I need a small break today. The program I work on is gearing up for new events, and it’s just constant nose-to-grindstone craziness. I’ve discovered, to my chagrin, that I have no anger management skills. I have so rarely actually gotten angry in my life, for good or ill, that now that I am healthier [...]
CRANKY
Posted in abuse, feminism, news, politics, race, white people, tagged abortion, domestic violence, interstitial politics, news, Obama, politics, race, racism, rape, reproductive rights, sarah palin, white privilege on September 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I am the crankiest. I do not know why. I woke up with a sneer and it’s just sort of stayed there. I am trying to breathe, trying not to grasp, trying to be centered and aware, and all I find at my center of awareness is CRANKY. Which, okay, now that I’m thinking [...]
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WELCOME TO CRANKY
Posted in work, tagged running commentary, white privilege, work on October 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Please take note of the Things I Can Do Without at Work:
1. A running commentary. I don’t have an office. My desk is in an open work space. If I had to make a list of the things that would make me flee toward another job cackling, the desk situation would be a very close [...]
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