This week in light of all the collective heart-breaks I wanted check in with everyone. How is your heart? My guest is the perfect person to share space in this tender moment. She is such a light in this world, as a mentor and adoptive parent herself. She helps to shatter the myth that BIPOC people don't adopt–they do! And she just happens to be an adoptee to boot. We chat about how being a Korean adoptee informed her path as an adoptive parent of a little black boy and how people reference her story when talking about adoption. When you listen you'll know why!
GUEST: Brandi Ebersole
https://www.brandiebersole.com/
CONNECT WITH HOST:
@youngadoptee
@lantoines
www.laniseantoineshelley.com
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ADOPTEE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS:
14 through18, and episode 28, and 29.
WATCH PANELS:
https://www.facebook.com/USFCH/videos/806431379903046
BALDWIN'S ESSAY ON "WHITENESS":
https://bannekerinstitute.fas.harvard.edu/files/bannekerinstitute/files/on_being_white.and_other_lies_baldwin_0.pdf
HISTORY “Colored”:
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/30/295931070/the-journey-from-colored-to-minorities-to-people-of-color
NYC ARTICLE ON THE USE OF "BIPOC":
https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-bipoc.html
RECOURSES ON HOW TO TALK ABOUT RACE:
https://www.laniseantoineshelley.com/post/copy-of-literacy-program-for-syrian-girls-refugees