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Should Race Be a Factor In Adoptions?
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Madonna speaks to her adopted daughter Mercy James during the brick-laying ceremony at the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls in Malawi, which is the native land of her two adopted children. Credit: Amos Gumulira, AFP/Getty Images
November is National Adoption Month. London politician Tim Loughton recently said that interracial adoption in his country is unnecessarily difficult and barriers should be removed so that more children can find a loving home.
Loughton, a member of the British Parliament who serves as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, did not say that interracial adoptions were directly discouraged. However, he says, "Too many social workers are holding out for the perfect match, so suitable couples are turned away and children are staying in care for years as a result," according to the Guardian.
Do you agree? Should race be a factor in adoptions?
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11-03-2010 @ 11:24AM
Alicia said...No it shouldn't. I have a friend who is Korean and was adopted by white parents. Yeah, she got questions about it as a kid, but at least she has a home and family.
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11-03-2010 @ 1:39PM
CLM said...Perhaps it varies regionally? We adopted while living in Texas, and were advised by our social workers that it was the parents like us who didn't care about ethnicity that were likely to end up with earlier placement. It was certainly true in our case. Our home study was approved in late April/May, and we were the parents of multi-ethnic twin boys by July.
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11-03-2010 @ 3:48PM
Mihir said...races should absolutely be a factor in adoption. I mean, seriously, who wants to be adopted by the slower parents?
where would an adopted child be when someone says, "oh yeah? well, you're adopted!", without being able to retort, "oh yeah? my dad can run faster than your dad!" may the fastest parents win!
oh wait...you're not talking about those races, you're talking about skin color. never mind then. move along. nothing to see here.
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