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.
by Sara Mascardo 2018 In my entire life, I have never been asked what I, an adoptee of color, needed to feel supported. Then I discovered Pact, an amazing community of other adopted people, and a community that supports my journey in a way I have not experienced...
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...
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....
2019 Adoptive parents of color are often told that just being the same race as their child is enough. As adoptive parents ourselves, we know that it takes more than love and racial matching to support our children. We believe that by creating a foundation of trust,...
by Malaika Parker October 2021 Dear Fellow Black Parents: With the beautiful Uprisings of 2020 there is a newfound awareness of something most Black folks have always been aware of: White Supremacy exists (welcome to the party, y’all are real late). There has been a...
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...