child adoption: some queries...
By im_theboss
@im_theboss (384)
India
March 17, 2007 3:01pm CST
child adoption is no doubt a novel idea. it gives a second life to an innocent life. now a days people have become enough educated to accept the trend of child adoption. before asking any queries, i must state it clearly that I AM STRICTLY AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. i am just pointing to a practical issue. my question is about those black children, who are being adopted by white parents. it is normal that as they will grow up, a feeling of 'difference' between they & their parents will start developing in their mind. they may not be able to get as closer to their 'white' parents as they would have been closer to any 'black' parents. its common that at the teen age, there is always a greater possibility of misunderstanding between teens & their parents. now, when these black teens will have any bitter conversation (or something like that), with their white parents, they may "wrongly" come to the conclusion that, its all due to the difference in their colour & there is less love in the heart of their parents for them. now, dont you think that would be a terrible situation? how can white parents avoid those situations?
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@Anakata2007 (1785)
• Canada
17 Mar 07
I have read a lot about adoption and what you are mentioning is very problematic actually. In Canada, they are trying to make it so that Native children can only be adopted in Native families because it is very hard for the child to feel so different from his or her family. I can't say I am against black children being adopted in to white families because there are more black children then white children available for adoption and they need to find homes, but I think a black family should be chosen first. I don't think this has anything to do with racism or discrimination, it's a proven fact apparently. It's easier for a black child to grow up in a family of black parents.
@im_theboss (384)
• India
18 Mar 07
yes, thats all i wanted to say. i think this should be taken into consideration by the government authorities without giving racism a chance to occur. now, i wanted to ask about the future of all thoseblack ckildren who have ALREADY been adopted by white families. also, this should be mentioned that, if in the future there comes a law that black parents should be preferred first to adopt black children, then it's gonna hurt the feelings of those already adopted chldren & their parents. dont u think the situation is very much complex than it seems to be?
