091: Do I have privilege?
Each time I think I\u2019m done with this series on the intersection of race and parenting, another great topic pops up!\nListener Ann reached out to me after she heard the beginning of the series to let me know about her own journey of learning about her White privilege. Ann and her husband were a \u2018normal\u2019 White couple who were vaguely aware of some of the things they could do to help others (Ann works at a nonprofit) and saw politics as an interesting hobby.\nThen they adopted a Black daughter and had a (surprise!) biological daughter within a few months, and Ann found that she needed to learn about her privilege \u2013 and quickly. She\u2019s had to learn about things like the features of a \u2018high quality\u2019 daycare for both of her daughters, how to keep them safe, and we get some feedback from Dr. Renee Engeln about how to help Black girls to see and be confident in their beauty.\nAnn is openly not an expert on this topic, and does not speak for adoptive Black children, or even for all White adopting parents. But she finds herself far further along this journey of discovering her privilege than the vast majority of us \u2013 myself included, until I began researching this series of episodes.\nhttps://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fyourparentingmojo.com%2Flearningprivilege%2Fandlinkname=091%3A%20Do%20I%20have%20privilege%3F ()https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fyourparentingmojo.com%2Flearningprivilege%2Fandlinkname=091%3A%20Do%20I%20have%20privilege%3F ()https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/pinterest?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fyourparentingmojo.com%2Flearningprivilege%2Fandlinkname=091%3A%20Do%20I%20have%20privilege%3F ()https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fyourparentingmojo.com%2Flearningprivilege%2Fandlinkname=091%3A%20Do%20I%20have%20privilege%3F ()