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The Black Adoption Experience an Anthology

Author : Leola Wilkerson-Williams M.S.W.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 166552460X
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book The Black Adoption Experience an Anthology written by Leola Wilkerson-Williams M.S.W. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Adoption Experience is book with true stories on adoptions. The Contributing Authors have shared real stories from the heart on their experience in adopting a child or children. Also, some adoptees, who are now adults, have shared what it has meant to be adopted. It is hope that this book will enlighten you on the subject of adoptions and provide insight into the process of adoption and the rewards. Hopefully you will find the reading of this book to be a wonderful, educational experience. For adoption is a great way to add to your family!

That Kind of Mother

Author : Rumaan Alam
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062667629
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book That Kind of Mother written by Rumaan Alam and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED A RECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2018 BY: Buzzfeed • The Boston Globe • The Millions • InStyle • Southern Living • Vogue • Popsugar • Kirkus • The Washington Post • Library Journal • Real Simple • NPR “With his unerring eye for nuance and unsparing sense of irony, Rumaan Alam’s second novel is both heartfelt and thought-provoking.” — Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere From the bestselling author of Leave the World Behind, a novel about the families we fight to build and those we fight to keep Like many first-time mothers, Rebecca Stone finds herself both deeply in love with her newborn son and deeply overwhelmed. Struggling to juggle the demands of motherhood with her own aspirations and feeling utterly alone in the process, she reaches out to the only person at the hospital who offers her any real help—Priscilla Johnson—and begs her to come home with them as her son’s nanny. Priscilla’s presence quickly does as much to shake up Rebecca’s perception of the world as it does to stabilize her life. Rebecca is white, and Priscilla is black, and through their relationship, Rebecca finds herself confronting, for the first time, the blind spots of her own privilege. She feels profoundly connected to the woman who essentially taught her what it means to be a mother. When Priscilla dies unexpectedly in childbirth, Rebecca steps forward to adopt the baby. But she is unprepared for what it means to be a white mother with a black son. As she soon learns, navigating motherhood for her is a matter of learning how to raise two children whom she loves with equal ferocity, but whom the world is determined to treat differently. Written with the warmth and psychological acuity that defined his debut, Rumaan Alam has crafted a remarkable novel about the lives we choose, and the lives that are chosen for us.

Black Anthology

Author : Diane Christian
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781539395188
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Black Anthology written by Diane Christian and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We are diverse. In no way could anyone simply summarize our beginnings. The historical, socio-political contexts from which countries we come from are culturally varied. Our identities are connected to Haiti, Germany, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Korea, Sweden, Canada, the USA and many other places not mentioned within this publication. People who identify as Black adoptees are vaguely known within both adoption circles as well as universal discussions. We are just beginning to be introduced to one another. This anthology allows for the opportunity to see the rich diversity of a people; the uniqueness within the individual stories. Inside this book, you will read the depth of struggle, and the pure grace, dignity and accomplishments achieved, sometimes connected to the privileges afforded us while in the midst of insurmountable odds." Susan Harris O'Connor, MSW

Children of the Storm

Author : Andrew Billingsley
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN 13 : 9780155072718
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (727 download)

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Download or read book Children of the Storm written by Andrew Billingsley and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P. This book was released on 1972 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the reasons why the system of American child welfare is failing Black children.

Born in Our Hearts

Author : Filis Casey
Publisher : HCI
ISBN 13 : 9780757301292
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Born in Our Hearts written by Filis Casey and published by HCI. This book was released on 2004-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming collection of true stories that weave a rich tapestry of the adoption experience from many different perspectives: birthmothers, adoptive parents and grandparents, and adopted children and adults. These inspiring stories reveal the challenges and joys of the lifelong adoption journey including: the pain of letting go of a child; the wonderment of meeting "your" perfect child halfway around the world; the challenges of adopting an older child already set in his ways; watching a child's potential flourish in a loving environment; sibling rivalry and eventual bonding; integrating a child's culture into a new multiracial family; finding peace in the search for identity, roots and unanswered questions; and feeling the happiness and love that comes from forming a family. While each story is unique, the emotions conveyed are universal: love, loss, hope and joy. The collection will appeal to everyone affected by adoption, regardless of their phase in the journey. Stunning black-and-white photos are included.

Motherhood So White

Author : Nefertiti Austin
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 149267902X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Motherhood So White written by Nefertiti Austin and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-09-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story every mother in America needs to read. As featured on NPR and the TODAY Show. All moms have to deal with choosing baby names, potty training, finding your village, and answering your kid's tough questions, but if you are raising a Black child, you have to deal with a lot more than that. Especially if you're a single Black mom... and adopting. Nefertiti Austin shares her story of starting a family through adoption as a single Black woman. In this unflinching account of her parenting journey, Nefertiti examines the history of adoption in the African American community, faces off against stereotypes of single Black moms, and confronts the reality of what it looks like to raise children of color and answer their questions about racism in modern-day America. Honest, vulnerable, and uplifting, Motherhood So White is a fantastic book for mothers who have read White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum, or other books about racism and want to see how these social issues play out in a very personal way for a single mom and her Black son. This great book club read explores social and cultural bias, gives a new perspective on a familiar experience, and sparks meaningful conversations about what it looks like for Black families in white America today.

Bitterroot

Author : Susan Devan Harness
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496219570
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Bitterroot written by Susan Devan Harness and published by University of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2019 High Plains Book Award (Creative Nonfiction and Indigenous Writer categories) 2021 Barbara Sudler Award from History Colorado In Bitterroot Susan Devan Harness traces her journey to understand the complexities and struggles of being an American Indian child adopted by a white couple and living in the rural American West. When Harness was fifteen years old, she questioned her adoptive father about her “real” parents. He replied that they had died in a car accident not long after she was born—except they hadn’t, as Harness would learn in a conversation with a social worker a few years later. Harness’s search for answers revolved around her need to ascertain why she was the target of racist remarks and why she seemed always to be on the outside looking in. New questions followed her through college and into her twenties when she started her own family. Meeting her biological family in her early thirties generated even more questions. In her forties Harness decided to get serious about finding answers when, conducting oral histories, she talked with other transracial adoptees. In her fifties she realized that the concept of “home” she had attributed to the reservation existed only in her imagination. Making sense of her family, the American Indian history of assimilation, and the very real—but culturally constructed—concept of race helped Harness answer the often puzzling questions of stereotypes, a sense of nonbelonging, the meaning of family, and the importance of forgiveness and self-acceptance. In the process Bitterroot also provides a deep and rich context in which to experience life.

All You Can Ever Know

Author : Nicole Chung
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1936787989
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book All You Can Ever Know written by Nicole Chung and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NATIONAL BESTSELLER This beloved memoir "is an extraordinary, honest, nuanced and compassionate look at adoption, race in America and families in general" (Jasmine Guillory, Code Switch, NPR) What does it means to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them? Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, prepackaged myth. She believed that her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hope of giving her a better life, that forever feeling slightly out of place was her fate as a transracial adoptee. But as Nicole grew up—facing prejudice her adoptive family couldn’t see, finding her identity as an Asian American and as a writer, becoming ever more curious about where she came from—she wondered if the story she’d been told was the whole truth. With warmth, candor, and startling insight, Nicole Chung tells of her search for the people who gave her up, which coincided with the birth of her own child. All You Can Ever Know is a profound, moving chronicle of surprising connections and the repercussions of unearthing painful family secrets—vital reading for anyone who has ever struggled to figure out where they belong.

Adoptionland

Author : Janine Myung Ja
Publisher : Against Child Trafficking USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adoptionland written by Janine Myung Ja and published by Against Child Trafficking USA. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wondered what it's like to be adopted? This anthology begins with personal accounts and then shifts to a bird's eye view on adoption from domestic, intercountry and transracial adoptees who are now adoptee rights activists. Along with adopted people, this collection also includes the voices of mothers and a father from the Baby Scoop Era, a modern-day mother who almost lost her child to adoption, and ends with the experience of an adoption investigator from Against Child Trafficking. These stories are usually abandoned by the very industry that professes to work for the "best interest of children," "child protection," and for families. However, according to adopted people who were scattered across nations as children, these represent typical human rights issues that have been ignored for too long. For many years, adopted people have just dealt with such matters alone, not knowing that all of us—as a community—have a great deal in common.

In Their Voices

Author : Rhonda M. Roorda
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231540485
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book In Their Voices written by Rhonda M. Roorda and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many proponents of transracial adoption claim that American society is increasingly becoming "color-blind," a growing body of research reveals that for transracial adoptees of all backgrounds, racial identity does matter. Rhonda M. Roorda elaborates significantly on that finding, specifically studying the effects of the adoption of black and biracial children by white parents. She incorporates diverse perspectives on transracial adoption by concerned black Americans of various ages, including those who lived through Jim Crow and the Civil Rights era. All her interviewees have been involved either personally or professionally in the lives of transracial adoptees, and they offer strategies for navigating systemic racial inequalities while affirming the importance of black communities in the lives of transracial adoptive families. In Their Voices is for parents, child-welfare providers, social workers, psychologists, educators, therapists, and adoptees from all backgrounds who seek clarity about this phenomenon. The author examines how social attitudes and federal policies concerning transracial adoption have changed over the last several decades. She also includes suggestions on how to revise transracial adoption policy to better reflect the needs of transracial adoptive families. Perhaps most important, In Their Voices is packed with advice for parents who are invested in nurturing a positive self-image in their adopted children of color and the crucial perspectives those parents should consider when raising their children. It offers adoptees of color encouragement in overcoming discrimination and explains why a "race-neutral" environment, maintained by so many white parents, is not ideal for adoptees or their families.

What We Didn't Expect

Author : Melody Schreiber
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612198619
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book What We Didn't Expect written by Melody Schreiber and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, 400,000 families in the United States welcome premature babies ... Ten percent of babies born in the U.S. are preemies. But that one word, "preemie," encompasses a range of medical and cultural experiences. There are textbooks, medical-ish guidebooks, and the occasional memoir to turn to ... but no book that collects personal experiences from the many people who have parented, cared for, or been preemies themselves. Until now. In What We Didn't Expect, journalist Melody Schreiber brings together a chorus of acclaimed writers and thinkers to share their diverse stories of having or being premature babies. The stories here cover everything from life-changing tests of faith to navigating the red tape of healthcare bureuacracy; from overcoming unimaginable grief to surviving and thriving against all odds. The result is a moving, heartfelt book, and a crucial and informative resource for anyone who has, or is about to have, the experience of dealing with a premature birth.

I'm Adopted

Author : Alex Gilbert
Publisher : Alex Gilbert
ISBN 13 : 1983519006
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book I'm Adopted written by Alex Gilbert and published by Alex Gilbert. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopted from an orphanage in Russia when he was two years old, Alex Gilbert tells us his story of what it was like growing up in a small town in New Zealand as an adopted child. This story starts in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The city where Alex was born. His birth mother unable to take care of him, decided to place him into an orphanage. Alex was adopted into his New Zealand family in 1994 when he was two years old. Unable to remember anything and with only his birth parents names on paper, Alex has always been determined to find his birth parents. It was a case of curiosity and wonder. With his New Zealand parents supporting him, Alex decided to do a search for them in 2013 with the help of social media. He was able to find his birth mother Tatiana and then eventually his birth father Mihail. They had both gone seperate ways before Alex was born. His birth mother never told Mihail of his existence. After a series of messages and Skype calls, Alex flew to Russia at the end of 2013, meeting them both for the first time. His story was told on New Zealand TV in 2014, helping Alex connect with others adopted in New Zealand who also came from the same orphanage as him in Arkhangelsk, Russia. This story follows Alex on his journey after he met his birth parents for the first time. Alex went to Russia again in 2015 to appear on Russia's 'Let them Talk' TV show and then again in 2017 to visit his orphanage in Arkhangelsk. He also was honored to meet Anna Kuznetsova, The Children's Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation while in Russia. With his own search for his birth parents, Alex created "I'm Adopted" which helps others around the world share their stories and reconnect using social media. Alex talks about how this project has expanded worldwide and how it has helped others also adopted connect with their birth parents.

Research Anthology on E-Commerce Adoption, Models, and Applications for Modern Business

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799889580
Total Pages : 1964 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Research Anthology on E-Commerce Adoption, Models, and Applications for Modern Business written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-04-16 with total page 1964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the next few years, it is expected that most businesses will have transitioned to the use of electronic commerce technologies, namely e-commerce. This acceleration in the acceptance of e-commerce not only changes the face of business and retail, but also has introduced new, adaptive business models. The experience of consumers in online shopping and the popularity of the digital marketplace have changed the way businesses must meet the needs of consumers. To stay relevant, businesses must develop new techniques and strategies to remain competitive in a changing commercial atmosphere. The way in which e-commerce is being implemented, the business models that have been developed, and the applications including the benefits and challenges to e-commerce must be discussed to understand modern business. The Research Anthology on E-Commerce Adoption, Models, and Applications for Modern Business discusses the best practices, latest strategies, and newest methods for implementing and using e-commerce in modern businesses. This includes not only a view of how business models have changed and what business models have emerged, but also provides a focus on how consumers have changed in terms of their needs, their online behavior, and their use of e-commerce services. Topics including e-business, e-services, mobile commerce, usability models, website development, brand management and marketing, and online shopping will be explored in detail. This book is ideally intended for business managers, e-commerce managers, marketers, advertisers, brand managers, executives, IT consultants, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in how e-commerce is impacting modern business models.

The Chicana Motherwork Anthology

Author : Cecilia Caballero
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816537992
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Chicana Motherwork Anthology written by Cecilia Caballero and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicana M(other)work Anthology weaves together emerging scholarship and testimonios by and about self-identified Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars, activists, and allies who center mothering as transformative labor through an intersectional lens. Contributors provide narratives that make feminized labor visible and that prioritize collective action and holistic healing for mother-scholars of color, their children, and their communities within and outside academia. The volume is organized in four parts: (1) separation, migration, state violence, and detention; (2) Chicana/Latina/WOC mother-activists; (3) intergenerational mothering; and (4) loss, reproductive justice, and holistic pregnancy. Contributors offer a just framework for Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars, activists, and allies to thrive within and outside of the academy. They describe a new interpretation of motherwork that addresses the layers of care work needed for collective resistance to structural oppression and inequality. This anthology is a call to action for justice. Contributions are both theoretical and epistemological, and they offer an understanding of motherwork through Chicana and Women of Color experiences.

Flip the Script

Author : Diane Christian
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781517686741
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Flip the Script written by Diane Christian and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-31 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Flip the Script: Adult Adoptee Anthology' is a dynamic artistic exploration of adoptee expression and experience. This anthology offers readers a diverse compilation of literature and artistry from a global community of adoptees. From playwrights to poets, filmmakers to photographers, essay writers to lyricists -all have joined together inside these pages to enlighten and educate. We encourage you to Flip through this book and discover what it truly means to Flip the Script! CONTRIBUTORS: TRACY AABEY-HAMMOND, KEVIN MINH ALLEN, LEIGHA BASINI, MI OK SONG BRUINING, NICOLE J. BURTON, ANNA CAVANAGH, LARRY CLOW, ELIZABETH COLE, LAURA COTTER, JOSHUA CROME, AMIRA ROSE DAVIS, APRIL DINWOODIE, MEI-MEI AKWAI ELLERMAN, PHD, CECILIA HEIMEE FLUME, SHANNON GIBNEY, ROSITA GONZALEZ, SARAH ELIZABETH GREER, LYNN GRUBB, SUSAN HARRIS O'CONNOR, MSW, JODI HAYWOOD, MEGGIN NAM HOLTZ, SUSAN ITO, SOOJUNG JO, CATHERINE A. JOHNSTON, MELISSA DAE SOOK KIM, MILA C. KONOMOS, ADEL KSK, LUCY CHAU LAI-TUEN, WENDY M. LAYBOURN, KATIE HAE LEO, STEPHEN DAVID LUKESON, JAMIE LYNN, M.C. MALTEMPO, KIMBERLY MCKEE, PHD, GRACE NEWTON, KAYE PEARSE, ZARA PHILLIPS, MATTHEW SALESSES, CHRISTINE SATORY, LIZ SEMONS, BEATA SKONECKI, LMSW, JOE SOLL, LCSW, JULIE STROMBERG, ANNEGHEM WALL, DARYN WATSON, DIANE WHEATON, CHRISTOPHER WILSON"

See No Color

Author : Shannon Gibney
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
ISBN 13 : 146778981X
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book See No Color written by Shannon Gibney and published by Carolrhoda Lab ®. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Transracial adoption is never oversimplified, airbrushed, or sentimentalized, but instead, it's portrayed with bracing honesty as the messy institution it is: rearranging families, blending cultural and biological DNA, loss and joy. An exceptionally accomplished debut."—Kirkus, starred review For as long as she can remember, sixteen-year-old Alex Kirtridge has known two things about herself: She's a stellar baseball player. She's adopted. Alex has had a comfortable childhood in Madison, Wisconsin. Despite some teasing, being a biracial girl in a wealthy white family hasn't been that big a deal. What mattered was that she was a star on the diamond, where her father, a former Major Leaguer, coached her hard and counted on her to make him proud. But now, things are changing: she meets Reggie, the first black guy who's wanted to get to know her; she discovers the letters from her biological father that her adoptive parents have kept from her; and her changing body starts to affect her game. Suddenly, Alex begins to question who she really is. She's always dreamed of playing pro baseball just like her father, but can she really do it? Does she truly fit in with her white family? Who were her biological parents? What does it mean to be black? If she's going to find answers, Alex has to come to terms with her adoption, her race, and the dreams she thought would always guide her. • Winner of the Minnesota Book Award • A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen book of the Year • A Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year

Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other

Author : Scott Simon
Publisher : Random House Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 1400068495
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other written by Scott Simon and published by Random House Incorporated. This book was released on 2010 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NPR Weekend Edition host explores the cultural impact of adoption while sharing the story of how his wife and he adopted two daughters, in an account that also relates the experiences of other prominent figures who were adopted or became adoptive parents.