Transracial Eyes Blog
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Transracialeyes is a resource for those exploring the ideas of transracial and/or international adoption, whose primary raison d'etre is to provide a platform for adoptees to speak without censorship.
Transracial Eyes Blog
2y ago
Originally posted on Daniel Drennan ElAwar:
The Evolution of Adoption Practice: Activist and Community Perspectives Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26, 2022 Registration is now open. Keynote speakers and panelists: https://adoptioninitiative.dryfta.com/78-keynote-speakers Scheduled presentations and panels: https://adoptioninitiative.dryfta.com/program-schedule Purchase Tickets? To register for this conference, please fill out the Adoption Initiative Attendee Registration Form on this website ..read more
Transracial Eyes Blog
4y ago
An adoptive parent of a brown boy who she describes as having “a perpetual tan” states that her worry for him growing up is that “statistically” brown and black men are more likely to commit violent acts and thus end up in prison: Not the school-to-prison pipeline, not systemic racism, but that the pre-condemned child ..read more
Transracial Eyes Blog
4y ago
I recently received an email from an old mailing list that I guess I’m still on because I presented at their conference a while back. It was promoting an online discussion of a train wreck of a book written by E. Kay Trimberger, entitled Creole Son [sic]. Everything about the event outlined in the email ..read more
Transracial Eyes Blog
4y ago
We are, I believe, currently witnessing the adoption equivalent of the resurgent and unapologetic racism and classism found elsewhere in society as white supremacy and fascism "unstructure" themselves and present fully within dominant discourses. By this I mean to say that there are adopters who present themselves as "perfected caregivers", despite issues of race or class. There are adopters who no longer hide their loathing of the children temporarily in their care. They no longer feign guarding their privacy, or pretend that they are acting beneficently or charitably. They no longer are atte ..read more
Transracial Eyes Blog
4y ago
The anniversary of my return to Greater Syria in 2004 marks 15 years I’ve been focused on adoption in an activist manner. I’ve watched the trends and hashtags, sensed the forward movement, believed in our progress. I no longer do. Like much adoption activism that serves as a historical precedent, there is always and ever ..read more
Transracial Eyes Blog
4y ago
As in multiple, and not a command to do math… For some reason I woke up this morning remembering a post-it note of key points I’d scribbled down after a shower about a year ago when I didn’t have time to craft a decent post. Nothing has changed, except the post-it note, sadly, got tossed ..read more