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Author and memoirist, Nefertiti Austin writes about the erasure of diverse voices in motherhood in the #1 Amazon bestseller Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender and Parenting in America. Nefertiti's work around this topic has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, The Nation, Romper, Adoptive Families magazine, Parents Magazine, SheMedia and countless others. She has appeared on numerous podcasts and radio programs including \u201cThe Today Show\u201d, and multiple NPR outlets. Lately, she\u2019s writing about raising her neurologically diverse daughter and jokes that adolescence is no match for menopause.\nMost importantly, Nefertiti is the proud adoptive Shameless Mom of two children and two Shipoos - Monsieur Lafayette and Siddhartha.\xa0Nef and I connected through a mutual friend and two time SMA guest, Debbie Reber.\xa0Debbie was kind enough to introduce us and Nef was generous enough to say yes to my invitation to come on the show.\nListen in to hear Nefertiti share:\n\nWhat Black adoption looks like compared to typical white adoption\n\nHer intentional journey of building her family as a single adoptive mom\n\nHow race and gender factor into parenting neurologically diverse children\n\nHow having a neurologically diverse child changed her life in ways she didn\u2019t see coming\n\nHow she has had to explore her own triggers when it comes to her daughter's behaviors\n\nHow the murder of Trayvon Martin became a wake-up call for her responsibility of raising a Black son\n\nWhat she wants white parents to know about how Black parents or parents of Black children parent from a place of fear\n\nWhat visible allyship feels for Black parents and children and how white parents can be more assertive, if note aggressive, in their allyship\n\nLinks mentioned:\n\nConnect with Nefertiti: Nefertitiaustin.com\n\n\nGet Nef\u2019s Book: Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender and Parenting in America\n\n\nNefertiti on IG\n\nNefertiti on FB\n\nNefertiti on X\n\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor\nInterested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices