029 White Parents & Transracial Adoption
DEI-LABB with Rorri Geller-Mohamed
English - November 11, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, I was honored to interview Melissa Guida-Richards, the author of the book What White Parents Should Know About Transracial Adoption: An Adopteeʼs Perspective on its History, Nuances, and Practices. We talk about what inspired her to write the book, her personal experience as a transracial adoptee with white parents, and advice that she has to help white parents on their parenting journey and how to best support their children.
Melissa's bio:
Melissa Guida-Richards is an author, adoptee, and advocate based in Pennsylvania. She was adopted in 1993 from Colombia to a family in the USA. Her work has appeared in The Independent, Insider, Huffington Post, Zora, ElectricLit, and more. She has also been interviewed by Good Day L.A., NBCLX, BBC Radio 4, Do the Work, and more. Melissa is also the founder and creator of the Adoptee Thoughts Instagram and Podcast that she created to help elevate adoptee voices and educate adoptive parents on the nuances and complexity of adoption.
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