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Deb Besinger Is The Only White Mom With Black, Adopted Children Episode 59

Deb Besinger Is The Only White Mom With Black, Adopted Children Episode 59

FromOnly One In The Room


Deb Besinger Is The Only White Mom With Black, Adopted Children Episode 59

FromOnly One In The Room

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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Imagine being a white woman, a daughter of the south, and a fundamentalist Christian who gets married and looks forward to raising a family, only to be given discouraging news. 
Deb Besinger, writer, dating expert and mother was undaunted when she and her husband were told that it might be difficult to conceive - she always knew she would adopt. 
But what would you do if the children you adopted were black and received different treatment than you when they walked down the street? Would you pull up stakes and move to a place where your family might avoid overt racism and prejudice? Or would you brave the bigotry and decide to go public, appearing with your whole beautiful family on national tv?
More from Deb Besinger:
Get her book "Bound and Gagged by Christianity and The Sins That Set Me Free"
Visit her website: www.deborahbesinger.com
Learn more about her dating coaching practice Kiss of Perspective
Finding Deb Besinger:
Instagram: @kissofperspective
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Don't miss our bonus after show Scott Talks, where co-host and producer Scott Slaughter (aka Hon) briefly chops it up with our guest immediately after the interview.
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Released:
Sep 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Hosted by Laura Cathcart Robbins, a writer and a recovery thriver and survivor, Laura found herself in an all too familiar position. In September 2018, she was the only black woman in the room at Brave Magic, a famed writer’s retreat. After it was over, she wrote about her “only one” experience in The Huffington Post and comments started flooding into her DM. These comments were from people from all races, ethnicities, creeds, and nationalities who had felt “othered”. Laura beautifully interviews a person about their Only One story each episode and addresses as many of those DM’s as possible in the process. In this podcast, you’ll hear raw, vulnerable accounts from people who are, like most of us, just eager to connect. Our hope is that The Only One In The Room will inspire a change of perspective in how we all see and hear each other’s stories. We want you think twice before judging the person standing next to you at a party, in the pick-up line at school or in a crowded subway car. This is a podcast for anyone who has ever felt alone in a room full of people – which is to say, that this podcast is for everyone.