Much-needed Critical Thinking on Adoption #NAAM2016

Despite all evidence to the contrary we still think this is simply a “war of words”; a simple changing of minds. It’s not. The “adopter narrative” is morphing and adapting in order to silence us; it is stealing the power of our words and the weight of our tropes in order to render us harmless and pointless. And the correct response is not just more words, but, at long last, union; and beyond that, words that form a framework for praxis; for action. When all is said and done, when our silly hashtags are forgotten on the dustheap of history, there will be an accounting of our accomplishments, and how successful we were in “scripting the flip”; in paving the way for a revolution of all those displaced, dispossessed, and disinherited. For it begs the question: if not now, when, exactly, do we see this happening? – Daniel Ibn Zayd

1. “Racism, Class, and Adoption” [↩]
2. “More excerpts from Single White Mother” [↩] read the comments too

• The Journalistic Stunt of Trafficking Syrian Children
  The White Savior
  March 17th, 2016 by Daniel Ibn Zayd
• On the New Adopter Narratives
  Parental Co-opting of Adoption Activism
  December 19th, 2015 by Daniel Ibn Zayd
• Racism, Class, and Adoption
  Facing Off With the “Smiling Foxes” of NPR
  January 16th, 2014 by Daniel Ibn Zayd
• Adoption, Surrogacy, and Birthright
  April 15th, 2013 by Daniel Ibn Zayd
• The New Abolition: Ending Adoption in Our Time
  August 18th, 2012 by Daniel Ibn Zayd
• Sacha Cohen and Arab Minstrelsy
  May 19th, 2012 by Daniel Ibn Zayd
• Islamophobia and Adoption
  Who Are the Civilized?
  April 17th, 2012 by Daniel Ibn Zayd
• Re-evaluating Adoption: Validating the Local
  February 11th, 2008 by Daniel Ibn Zayd

Last Real Indians: The Missionary is Back – American Indian Adoptees

The Missionary is Back: Or Perhaps They Never … – Last Real Indians

Starved into submission #Food Insecurity … – Last Real Indians

Trace Lara Hentz (DeMeyer) (Shawnee/Cherokee/Euro) is the author of One Small Sacrifice and the book series Lost Children of the Indian Adoption Projects.