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What white parents should know about transracial adoption : an adoptee's perspective on its history, nuances, and practices / by Guida-Richards, Melissa,1993-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-218) and index.The Challenges of Talking to White Adoptive Parents about Race -- Toxic Positivity, Microaggressions, and Growing Up as a Transracial Adoptee -- A History of Transracial Adoption and the Adoption Industry -- Influencers, Social Media Etiquette, The Church, and The Fallacy of -- Giving Adopted Children a Better Life -- Parenting Your Adopted Child -- Search and Reunion -- Interviews with Adult Transracial Adoptees -- Interviews with Adoptive Parents -- Activities, Resources, and More."If you're the white parent of a transracially or internationally adopted child, you may have been told that if you try your best and work your hardest, good intentions and a whole lot of love will be enough to give your child the security, attachment, and nurturing family life they need to thrive. The only problem? It's not true. What White Parents Need to Know About Transracial Adoption breaks down the dynamics that frequently fly under the radar of the whitewashed, happily-ever-after adoption stories we hear so often. Written by Melissa Guida-Richards--a transracial, transnational, and late-discovery adoptee--this book unpacks the mistakes you don't even know you're making and gives you the real-life tools to be the best parent you can be, to the child you love more than anything." --
Subjects: Interracial adoption.; Intercountry adoption.; Adoptive parents.; Adopted children; Ethnicity in children.; Race awareness.; Adoptive parents.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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I am ace : advice on living your best asexual life / by Daigle-Orians, Cody,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Asexuality and you. What is Asexuality? Understanding orientation ; What is Asexuality? Understanding attraction ; What kind of asexual am I? ; But am I really asexual? -- Asexuality and others. How do I come out as asexual? ; How do I deal with microaggressions? ; Asexuality and relationships: Can I have them and what kind can I have? ; Asexuality and relationships: Negotiating intimacy with your partner -- Asexuality and the world. Asexuality and the queer community ; Ace in the world ; Finding your ace joy ; One last thing..."How do I know if I'm actually asexual? How do I come out as asexual? What kinds of relationships can I have as an ace person? If you are looking for answers to these questions, Cody is here to help. Within these pages lie all the advice you need as a questioning ace teen. Tackling everything from what asexuality is, the asexual spectrum, and tips on coming out, to intimacy, relationships, aphobia, and finding joy, this guide will help you better understand your asexual identity alongside deeply relatable anecdotes drawn from Cody's personal experience. Whether you are ace, demi, gray-ace, or not sure yet, this book will give you the courage and confidence to embrace your unique self."--
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Asexuality (Sexual orientation); Sexual orientation.; Interpersonal relations.; Self-realization.; Coming out (Sexual orientation); Sexual minorities.; Asexuality.; Sexual orientation.; Sexual preference.; LGBTQ+ people.; Sexual minorities.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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This is major [sound recording] : notes on Diana Ross, dark girls, and being dope / by Lawson, Shayla,author,narrator.;
Read by the author.Shayla Lawson is major. You don't know who she is. Yet. But that's okay. She is on a mission to move black girls like herself from best supporting actress to a starring role in the major narrative. Whether she's taking on workplace microaggressions or upending racist stereotypes about her home state of Kentucky, she looks for the side of the story that isn't always told, the places where the voices of black girls haven't been heard.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Essays.; Autobiographies.; Lawson, Shayla.; African American women poets; Women, Black;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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White women : everything you already know about your own racism and how to do better / by Jackson, Regina,1950-author.; Rao, Saira,author.;
What is Race2Dinner? -- Preface -- Your quest for perfection is killing us. And you. -- Your nice is actually evil. -- -- Your White silence is violence. -- You see oppression through a gender lens. You erase your White power. You are colorblind. You are White feminists. -- Your White entitlement. -- How schools-- and White mothers-- uphold White supremacy -- "Microaggressions" and how you kill us at work -- Every time you say love trumps hate, you are enabling hate to flourish -- White allies, White saviors, White violence -- Epilogue."It's no secret that white women are conditioned to be nice, but did you know that the desire to be perfect and to avoid conflict at all costs are characteristics of white supremacy culture? As the founders of Race2Dinner, an organization which facilitates conversations between white women about racism and white supremacy, Regina Jackson and Saira Rao have noticed white women's tendency to maintain a veneer of niceness, and strive for perfection, even at the expense of anti-racism work. In this book, Jackson and Rao pose these urgent questions: how has being nice helped Black women, Indigenous women and other women of color? How has being nice helped you in your quest to end sexism? Has being nice earned you economic parity with white men? Beginning with freeing white women from this oppressive need to be nice, they deconstruct and analyze nine aspects of traditional white woman behavior--from tone-policing to weaponizing tears--that uphold white supremacy society, and hurt all of us who are trying to live a freer, more equitable life. White Women is a call to action to those of you who are looking to take the next steps in dismantling white supremacy. Your white supremacy. If you are in fact doing real anti-racism work, you will find few reasons to be nice, as other white people want to limit your membership in the club. If you are not ticking white people off on a regular basis, you are not doing it right." --
Subjects: Anti-racism.; Women, White; Women, White; Racism.; Anti-racism.; Racism.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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Do better : spiritual activism for fighting and healing from white supremacy / by Ricketts, Rachel,1984-author.(CARDINAL)850901;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: My love includes anger -- Me, myself & I -- Where we get stuck -- White supremacy starts within -- White supremacy runs the world -- Inheriting mama trauma -- Getting spiritually activated -- Unearthing our internalized oppression -- Spiritual bypassing & emotional violence -- Spirituality, anger & activism -- Intersectional spirituality -- Impact over intention -- Magnifying "microaggressions" -- Why white women+ need to get out the way -- Acting in allyship -- Better befriending black women+? -- What's love got to do with it? -- Pay us what you owe us -- Becoming unfuckwithable -- Rise up."Thought leader, racial justice educator, and sought-after spiritual activist Rachel Ricketts offers mindful and practical steps for all humans to dismantle white supremacy on a personal and collective level. Includes culturally informed, secular spiritual exercises, such as guided meditations, transformative breathwork, and journaling prompts"--
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Self-help publications.; Anti-racism; Social justice; Racism; Mindfulness (Psychology); Self-consciousness (Awareness); Anti-racism; Social justice; Religion and social problems; Anti-racism.; Racism.;
Available copies: 23 / Total copies: 24
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Raising multiracial children : tools for nurturing identity in a racialized world / by Nayani, Farzana,1977-author.(CARDINAL)831952; Spickard, Paul R.,1950-writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)275288; Houston, Velina Hasu,writer of afterword.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.Foreword by Paul Spickard -- The case for exploring race with our children -- Who are multiracial individuals -- Adult intercultural development and racial dialogue readiness -- Racial rigidity, fluidity, and resilience -- Factors impacting racial identity choice and assignment -- Common and contemporary issues -- Teaching racial/multiracial identity in the classroom -- From college to career -- Action, advocacy, and community-building."The essential guide to parenting multiracial and multiethnic children of all ages--and learning to nourish, support, and celebrate their multiracial identity" --Nayani gives caregivers the tools for exploring race with their children. She offers practical guidance on how to initiate conversations; consciously foster racial identity development; discuss issues like microaggressions, intersectionality, and privilege; and intentionally cultivate a sense of belonging. In providing an overview of key issues and current topics relevant to raising multiracial children, Nayani offers strategies and developmentally appropriate milestones from infancy through adulthood. -- adapted from back cover
Subjects: Multiracial children.; Child rearing.; Race awareness in children.;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 12
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Kinda Korean : stories from an American life / by Sung, Joan,author;
In this courageous memoir of parental love, intergenerational trauma, and perseverance, Joan Sung breaks the generational silence that curses her family. By intentionally overcoming the stereotype that all Asians are quiet, Sung tells her stories of coming-of-age with a Tiger Mom who did not understand American society. Torn between her two identities as a Korean woman and a first generation American, Sung bares her struggles in an honest and bare confessional. Sifting through her experiences with microaggressions to the over fetishization of Asian women, Sung connects the COVID pandemic with the decades of violence and racism experienced by Asian American communities.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Korean Americans.; Korean Americans; Korean American women; Children of immigrants; Children of immigrants; Parent and child.; Immigrants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Self-care for Black women : 150 ways to radically accept & prioritize your mind, body, & soul / by Adeeyo, Oludara,author.;
Includes index."Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, at work, and everywhere in between, it's tough to prioritize physical and mental wellness as a Black woman, especially with a constant news cycle highlighting Black trauma. Now, with The Self-Care for Black Women you'll find more than 150 exercises that will help you radically choose to put yourself first. Whether you need a quick pick-me-up in the middle of the day, you're working through feelings of burnout, or you need to process a microaggression, this book has everything you need to feel more at peace. You'll find prompts like: map out your feelings about a microaggression; make a list of your safe spaces; detail out an entire day dedicated to your self-care; and more! It's time to put yourself first and prioritize your self-care once and for all-and this book is here to help you do just that"--
Subjects: African American women; African American women; African American women; Racism; Self-esteem in women.; Self-realization in women.; Racism.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Real American [sound recording] / by Lythcott-Haims, Julie(CARDINAL)352720;
Read by the author."Bringing a poetic sensibility to her prose to stunning effect, Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people of color. The only child of a marriage between and African American father and a white British mother, she shows indelibly how so-called microaggressions, in addition to blunt-force insults, can puncture a person's inner life with a thousand sharp cuts. Real American expresses also, through Lythcott-Haims's path to self-acceptance, the healing power of community in overcoming the hurtful isolation of being incessantly considered 'the other'"--Container.
Subjects: Lythcott-Haims, Julie.; Autobiographies; Race; Multiracial people; Multiracial people; Multiracial people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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So you want to talk about race / by Oluo, Ijeoma,author.(CARDINAL)356686;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248)."A current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today's racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide. In So You Want to Talk About Race, Editor at Large of The Establishment, Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word. Perfectly positioned to bridge the gap between people of color and white Americans struggling with race complexities, Oluo answers the questions readers don't dare ask, and explains the concepts that continue to elude everyday Americans. Oluo is an exceptional writer with a rare ability to be straightforward, funny, and effective in her coverage of sensitive, hyper-charged issues in America. Her messages are passionate but finely tuned, and crystalize ideas that would otherwise be vague by empowering them with aha-moment clarity. Her writing brings to mind voices like Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay, and Jessica Valenti in Full Frontal Feminism, and a young Gloria Naylor, particularly in Naylor's seminal essay "The Meaning of a Word.""--
Subjects: Intercultural communication.; Racism; Social sciences; Social sciences; Racism.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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