Adoptive Parents of Color

Check out some of Pact’s most timely and popular publications. For permission to reprint or repost, please contact Beth Hall at beth@pactadopt.org.

Shadism: Skin Color Bias in Adoption

by Malaika Parker 2014 Shadism (a preference or privilege based on lighter over darker skin tones) is a conversation that gets directly to the heart of racism and its roots. In an effort to fight against these preferences and privileges, Pact does not engage in...

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One Woman’s Experience of Being a Black Adoptive Parent

by Lisa L. Moore, LICSW, PhD 2022 Full disclosure: Writing about adoption from the position of being an adoptive parent is new for me. I find the experience of producing my own narrative around adoption from this position to be one that challenges me for two reasons....

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Book Review: Motherhood So White

Book Review: Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America by Nefertiti Austin reviewed by Lisa L. Moore 2020 When it comes to memoirs on parenting, there are few that reflect the experience of Black parents and/or the experience of Black...

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