Bayer, Jaciara: Transracial Adoptions and White Privilege
We continue our discussion of racism and white privilege in Mendocino County, California, with a 30 year old Brazilian born woman, who is currently studying for a master’s degree in social work at the California State University at Hayward.
Jaciara Bayer was adopted and brought to the United States at age 11 months by her single, white-American mother and grew up in Ukiah, California.
A transracial adoption, which may be an international adoption, is the primary focus of Jaciara Bayer’s plan of study for her master’s degree. Sharing her personal experiences, she tells us of being told she’s different, growing up in a white family and white privilege. When Jaci, as she is often known, and I visited in the studios of Radio Curious on March 23, 2015, she began with her earliest memories.
The book Jaciara Bayer recommends is “In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want,” by Iyanla Van Zant.
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on April 3rd, 2015 at 8:58 am
Thank you for this program. As a family with three white bio children and five transracial adopted children raised in a mostly white small town this program really hit home for me, the dad, as to what my kids went through in their younger years. The hospital difference was an example I can really recall over the years. Thank you. I will forward this to my kids.