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    Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America (Mother's Day Gift, Book about Being a Black Mom)
    Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America (Mother's Day Gift, Book about Being a Black Mom)
    Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America (Mother's Day Gift, Book about Being a Black Mom)
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    Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America (Mother's Day Gift, Book about Being a Black Mom)

    By Nefertiti Austin

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    The story every mother in America needs to read. As featured on NPR and the TODAY Show. All moms have to deal with choosing baby names, potty training, finding your village, and answering your kid's tough questions, but if you are raising a Black child, you have to deal with a lot more than that. Especially if you're a single Black mom… and adopting.

    Nefertiti Austin shares her story of starting a family through adoption as a single Black woman. In this unflinching account of her parenting journey, Nefertiti examines the history of adoption in the African American community, faces off against stereotypes of single Black moms, and confronts the reality of what it looks like to raise children of color and answer their questions about racism in modern-day America.

    Honest, vulnerable, and uplifting, Motherhood So White is a fantastic book for mothers who have read White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum, or other books about racism and want to see how these social issues play out in a very personal way for a single mom and her Black son.

    This great book club read explores social and cultural bias, gives a new perspective on a familiar experience, and sparks meaningful conversations about what it looks like for Black families in white America today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSourcebooks
    Release dateSep 20, 2019
    ISBN9781492679028
    Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America (Mother's Day Gift, Book about Being a Black Mom)

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      This was a great telling of one woman's finding of herself, and her quest to adopt. She didn't sugar coat all of the challenges she faces. Some readers might not enjoy it because it is told in first person. I enjoyed this mother's challenges and her effort to stay true to her child's ethnicity while building his tolerance of other people. I enjoyed her exploration of networks of support that are not traditional as well as traditional ones.

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