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Adopting Privilege
118 pages, Paperback
Published November 26, 2024
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June 11, 2026
Dr. Abigail K. Hasberry’s Adopting Privilege: A Memoir of Reinventing my Adoptee Narrative (released February 18, 2025) hits different because Dr. Abigail brings a triple lens: transracial adoptee, birth mother, and licensed marriage and family therapist associate.
Why This Memoir Is Essential Reading:
Dr. Abigail names what we’re not supposed to say. The title alone—Adopting Privilege—challenges the narrative that adoption is purely about saving children. She examines how societal norms and systemic biases shape adoptee experiences, particularly for transracial adoptees who navigate racial identity formation in families that can’t mirror their lived experience of race in America.
She brings the credentials AND the lived experience. Dr. Abigail holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction, plus multiple degrees in African American studies, sociology, teaching, and counseling. She’s worked as a teacher and principal across diverse school settings. Her research focuses on identity development and the experiences of Black teachers in varied environments.
She centers cultural competency and social justice. Dr. Abigail advocates for more inclusive approaches to family dynamics and adoption policies. She pushes for adoptee voices to be central in discussions of how we support children and families, particularly across racial and cultural lines.
Why This Memoir Is Essential Reading:
Dr. Abigail names what we’re not supposed to say. The title alone—Adopting Privilege—challenges the narrative that adoption is purely about saving children. She examines how societal norms and systemic biases shape adoptee experiences, particularly for transracial adoptees who navigate racial identity formation in families that can’t mirror their lived experience of race in America.
She brings the credentials AND the lived experience. Dr. Abigail holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction, plus multiple degrees in African American studies, sociology, teaching, and counseling. She’s worked as a teacher and principal across diverse school settings. Her research focuses on identity development and the experiences of Black teachers in varied environments.
She centers cultural competency and social justice. Dr. Abigail advocates for more inclusive approaches to family dynamics and adoption policies. She pushes for adoptee voices to be central in discussions of how we support children and families, particularly across racial and cultural lines.
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