Blackness and adoptionAdoption taught us anti-blacknessBeing adopted makes us an “other” whether we were raised by white, black, or brown families. In this episode we talk about unlearning the anti-blackness we internalized as children, why black adoptees cost less than white adoptees, the parallels between adoption and slavery, and our experiences growing up as black adoptees. What we discussed

“I couldn’t have been blacker” (raised by a white family)

Cost of black child vs. cost of white child

No idea how to raise a black child OR Internalizing racism as a black adopted child

True cost of hating our blackness

Did we know other adoptees as children?

Adoption and slavery (similarities)