The impact of race on my life began before I was born. Conceived in the 1960s by unwed teenage parents, I was one of the millions of white babies placed for adoption during what is known as the Baby Scoop Era, a period in the United States between World War…

Why now, she asked. I was participating in a virtual workshop for white people interested in learning how to more effectively shift from “allies” to “accomplices.” The speaker was a black woman who was wondering aloud at the sudden influx of newly vocal white supporters of the #blacklivesmatter movement. Yes…