“I knew he would inevitably face discrimination. What I didn’t realize was how early in my son’s life he would be stereotyped, labeled and feared.”
Rachel Garlinghouse
About Rachel Garlinghouse
Rachel Garlinghouse is the author of three books, including Come Rain or Come Shine: A White Parent's Guide to Adopting and Parenting Black Children. Her writing and adoption experiences have appeared on Huffington Post, Babble, Scary Mommy, MSNBC, NPR, Huffington Post Live, Adoptive Families, My Brown Baby, and in Essence Magazine. Rachel lives in St. Louis with her husband and three children. Learn more about her family's adventures at White Sugar, Brown Sugar and on Twitter.