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100 1  Austin, Nefertiti,|eauthor. 
245 10 Motherhood so white :|ba memoir of race, gender, and 
       parenting in America /|cNefertiti Austin. 
264  1 Naperville, Illinois :|bSourcebooks,|c[2019] 
264  4 |c©2019 
300    290 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0  My adoption so black -- Mommie dearest, Daddy's dead -- 
       Decision made -- Mommy lessons -- Other people's fears -- 
       Graduating into motherhood -- His name is what? -- 
       Motherhood so white -- In limbo -- Looking for diverse 
       parenting literature in all the right places (and finding 
       almost none) -- Turning one and other milestones -- The 
       Obama season -- The wait is over: rituals and rites of 
       passage -- Everybody has an opinion -- Got my sea legs -- 
       Building my village -- Heroes -- August gets his wish -- 
       Boy child in the promised land -- Bad mama jamas -- 
       Epilogue -- Stories of parenting so black. 
520    "In America, Mother = White. That's what Nefertiti, a 
       single African American woman, discovered when she decided
       she wanted to adopt a Black baby boy out of the foster 
       care system. Eager to finally join the motherhood ranks, 
       Nefertiti was shocked when people started asking her why 
       she wanted to adopt a 'crack baby' or said that she would 
       never be able to raise a Black son on her own. She 
       realized that American society saw motherhood through a 
       white lens, and that there would be no easy understanding 
       or acceptance of the kind of family she hoped to build. 
       Motherhood So White is the story of Nefertiti's fight to 
       create the family she always knew she was meant to have 
       and the story of motherhood that all American families 
       need now. 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 motherhood, and confronts the reality of 
       raising children of color in racially charged, modern-day 
       America. Honest, vulnerable, and uplifting, Motherhood So 
       White reveals what Nefertiti knew all along - that the 
       only requirement for a successful family is one raised 
       with love."--Page [2] of cover. 
600 10 Austin, Nefertiti. 
650  0 African American mothers|vBiography. 
650  0 Adoptive parents|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 African American families. 
650  0 African American women. 
650  0 Mother and child. 
650  0 Single mothers. 
650  0 Adoption|zUnited States. 
650  0 Parenting. 
650  0 Motherhood|zUnited States. 
650  0 Racism|zUnited States. 
650  0 ocls african american bio 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
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