Keenan MacWilliam Keenan MacWilliam i(16578279 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Guyanese
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1 The Horse in the Room Keenan MacWilliam , 2019 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Growing Up African in Australia 2019; (p. 201-204)

'My parents adopted me straight from the Canadian hospital where I was born. They were on a long waiting list, and had a while to go before they would receive a baby. Then, out of nowhere, they got lucky. Another white couple were at the Toronto Women's College Hospital to pick up their new baby, and were disappointed when I was placed in their arms and they noticed my mop of curly black hair and my ethnic features. I was a healthy baby but I wasn't ... white. They no longer wanted me. My parents got a late-night call and, soon after, their first baby. (Introduction)
 
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