This essay by Shrestha Singh on HuffPost really got to me. In it, Singh talks about being a first-generation Indian American woman who married a white man whose family’s values are different from hers. Substitute the words “married into” with “adopted into” and you may find parallels. From the essay:

“Could they love me without truly seeing me, in all my identities? Would they love me only if I stayed quiet and looked the other way from their racism and support of institutions that have been hurting Black and Brown people since they began?”

Read Singh’s entire piece here.

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