. >> rose: we continue this evening with andrew solomon. he is the author of "far from the tree: parents, children and the search for identity." >> it's about the question of other nests and how one comes to accept otherness, and not say deaf culture is so wonderful and i wish i was deaf, and not say those people are living with a tragedy, to try to identify both sides. the identity piece, the illness piece, the suffering piece and the revelation piece. >> rose: we conclude with a look at incarceration in america, with patricia williams, michelle alexander, and eugene jarecki. >> i think it is possible to change people's minds about the war on drugs without making it a race issue. in fact, you know, every poll that's been done shows that white americans in particular don't want to hear about race or racial bias or the racial dimension of any issue, let alone mass incarceration on the war on drugs. but i believe we would be making a huge mistake if we were to pursue drug policy reform without talking about the racial dimension of this crisis

author andrew solomon, his husband, john solomon, and their 3-year-old son george. >> he knows the words gay dads. i mean to the extent that somebody of his age can know that. he knows that. >> reporter: and george knows about his other family members as well. but it is complicated. six adults. four children, living in three states. we had to make a chart to explain just who is parent to whom. start with friends of andrew and johns, a lesbian couple, laura and tammy. >> i was a donor and therefore the biological father of oliver. then, they asked me to do it again. >> reporter: so john is also the biological father of lucy, but there is more. a close friend of andrews from college blaine who was single at the time had always dreamed of having kids. >> i said, well if you ever decided that you wanted to be a mother i can think of nothing i would feel more honored about than to be the father of your child. so, blaine is the mother of little blaine. >> reporter: with all of this going on, andrew still wanted to be a full time parent. he lobbied john for a child of their own. >> he convince

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