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"Transracial" adoptions increasingly becoming common

by Michael Sciannamea, Posted Feb 3rd 2007 4:08PM

With each passing day we are seeing families with children who don't look exactly like them. Go to the mall on a Saturday and see a blond-haired, blue-eyed mom with an Asian child tagging along behind her, or a dark-haired man holding the hand of his ...
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How does an anti-male feminist raise a boy?

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Dec 11th 2006 11:27AM

Debra J. Dickerson, a self-proclaimed feminist who didn't "much like those of the male gender," has an interesting article on Salon.com today. In it, she explores how to raise her son without either "castrating" him or becoming an "ovo-hypocrite" -- ...
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Should elementary schools be allowed to consider race when making admissions decisions?

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Dec 3rd 2006 1:04PM

On Monday, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Constitution allows for schools to use race as a determining factor in their admissions processes. One of the cases before the court deals with Seattle's attempts to have the racial make-up of ...
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What would you look like as a different race?

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Nov 14th 2006 7:30AM

That's what girls at The Ellis School in Pittsburgh were asking themselves before using Nancy Burson's Human Race Machine. The device uses the same "morphing" technology employed by police when constructing an image of a missing person -- allowing ...
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"My dad is the Father of the Century"

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Oct 20th 2006 1:31PM

I'm glad I was working at home when I came across this story; most of my co-workers are not the sorts who think very highly of a grown man crying. This is a pretty cool story of a man whose love for his son drove him -- literally -- to Herculean ...
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How do you talk to your kids about prejudice?: part 2

by Stefania Butler, Posted Mar 7th 2006 5:29PM

Yesterday, Irène wrote a very honest post about her family's first encounters with prejudicial behavior. Inspired by her post and out of curiosity for what my own preschooler might say, I decided to have a little chat. After we read bedtime ...
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