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Seven Hidden Harms in Performative Racial Allyship

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | March 26, 2021

If you are white, it may be easy to view performative racial allyship as benign. It’s short-lived and superficial nature does not look much different from other trends – a…

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The Privilege of Unity

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | November 8, 2020

I’ll never forget how it felt to see Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speak last night. I made my husband take a picture of me next to the TV as she…

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Why “I’m Ready to Listen” is Not the Beginning of Your Allyship

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | June 8, 2020

It’s inevitable. Every time there is a major headline involving the murder of an unarmed Black person at the hands of a law enforcement officer, I see the same pattern…

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The Single Item that Made Me Understand Racism

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | November 11, 2019

It was a Band-Aid. Well, not actually a Band-Aid – just the image of a Band-Aid. So small, yet so damaging. It changed my life – the entire way I…

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What We Ask of You

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | April 19, 2019

Understand that we do not ask you to hear our voices because we are grieving. We ask you to hear our voices because we are exhausted from grieving. Biologicals cannot…

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The Most Empowering Book I’ve Ever Read to My Child

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | October 5, 2018

So, you know how most children’s books have that “happily-ever-after-suddenly-everyone-is-best-friends-even-though-the-entire-book-was-about-someone-treating-someone-else-like-crap” kind of vibe? I’ve never been a fan. Sure, I’m all for books with happy endings. But I don’t think…

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The Ultimate Question for Adoptive Parents

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | April 27, 2017

You and your child are stranded on a deserted island with four other people. You are getting worried, because your child is starting to run a fever and needs medical…

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#29Days29WaystoSupportAdoptees

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | April 1, 2016

Did you miss out on February’s #29Days29WaystoSupportAdoptees? Review them all here! #1: Journal about your adoption process before you even receive a referral, so that your child can see how…

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#MarchMiniLessonsOnRace

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | March 31, 2016

Did you miss out on #MarchMiniLessonsOnRace? Read through all 31 days of lessons that were posted on Facebook here! Race Education – Day 1: Colorblindness is a myth. We all…

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THIS IS WHAT IT’S LIKE . . . Part 2

By Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker | October 23, 2015

As a child and teen, I intentionally avoided becoming friends with others who had brown skin. I didn’t want to be labeled as “one of them” – a foreigner, someone…

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