Discuss and broaden your knowledge of yourself and of the people around you, wherever you are in the world. In this group we read and exchange our thoughts about what is important to us when it comes to matters of race and the societies we live in, and how these issues related to racial mixtures are represented in books, both fiction and...
more »Discuss and broaden your knowledge of yourself and of the people around you, wherever you are in the world. In this group we read and exchange our thoughts about what is important to us when it comes to matters of race and the societies we live in, and how these issues related to racial mixtures are represented in books, both fiction and non-fiction.
We are interested in our own racial identities, whether "coffee", "vanilla" or "chai tea", and what it means when our families are racially mixed--whether that means by birth we are multiracial or by family of choice. We read and discuss books that deal with questions such as-- which racial group do we identify with when we are from more than one? -- what do we call ourselves? -- does how we identify change when the social or geographical context changes? -- how does a child relate to his/her mother/father who doesn't look them? -- what happens to kids who are adopted by parents who don't look like them? -- how does it work to love/date/marry someone from a different ethnic and racial group?
This group has "given birth" to two other fantastic groups here on Shelfari:
SHADES OF LOVE For an amazing collection of multicultural and multiracial children's books, and some lively discussion about them, please visit the Shades of Love: Multicultural Children's Books & Literature Group, which is the "child" of this group, for books & reading resources for transracial kids and families, as well as for those who want some diversity and representation on their children's reading menu.
DIVERSITY WORKS For broader issues of diversity (race as well as gender, class, sexuality, etc.) please visit the page of our sibling group, Diversity Works.
CELEBRATING ADOPTION is our sibling group and has two wonderful shelves of books for children and for adults. We are doing a group read over there too so please check us out!
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