Resources for Transracial Adoption

R family is a multicultural family. Our children are a beautiful mixture of many different races and backgrounds. These books, etc. are some of the research we have done as a family to become more well-rounded and educated. Since the list is one that I personally use and many of the resource titles are pulled from my own bookshelf, you may see a focus on the races that we have tried to learn more about to benefit our family. What I am trying to say is that not every race is represented on this resource page.

Articles:

What Adopting a White Girl Taught One Black Family by Tony Dokoupil, Newsweek
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

Blogs and Websites:

Adopted the Movie finally the real story on adoption, a handbook
Beccastone a community for mothers of Black children
Black LDS
Blacks in the Scriptures
California Newsreel film and video for social change since 1968
Domino Foundation non-profit providing resources/events for transracial families
Love Isn’t Enough on raising a family in a colorstuck world
Genesis Group for the Black LDS saints
I Am A Black Mother blog from a mother of a transracial family
NPR: Why did you opt for an International Adoption?
PBS: Race the Power of an Illusion
PBS: Adoption Stories
Pioneers of Africa
The Black Mormon Homepage

Books for Children:

Scholastic has a wonderful book list called How To Choose The Best Multicultural Books. This list is broken down into different cultural groups (Native American, Latinos, African American, Jewish Culture, Asian-American, etc.) with 10 book recommendations for each as well as other authors to check out, points to remember about that specific culture

Some of these books below don’t touch on racial issues, but are fantastic for having illustrations that look like my children.

Happy Adoption Day by John McCutcheon
How I Was Adopted by Joanna Cole
I Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
I’m Like You, You’re Like Me by Cindy Gainer
Shades of Black by Sandra L. Pinkney
Thank You, Dr. King! by Robin Reid
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
Whose Toes Are Those? by Jabari Asim

Books & DVDs for Parents:

Abraham in Egypt by Hugh Nibley
All Abraham’s Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage by Armand Mauss
Blacks in the Scriptures (DVD) produced by Marvin Perkins & Darius Gray
BYU Studies, Vol. 4, Nov 2008
Dreams from My Father, A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
I’m Chocolate, You’re Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World by Marguerite A. Wright
In Their Own Voices, Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories by Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda
Inside Transracial Adoption by Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall
Neither White Nor Black by Lester E. Bush and Armand L. Mauss
Nobody Knows, The Untold Story of Black Mormons (DVD) produced by Margaret B. Young & Darius A. Gray
Standing on the Promises Trilogy by Margaret Blair Young and Darius A. Gray
Talking with Young Children about Adoption by Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher
The Dawning of a Brighter Day by Alexander B. Morrison