From Jack and Jill Politics, a site I find myself liking more and more, some disturbing news:
"At the very top of the adoption hierarchy are white, blue-eyed, blond-haired girls," Fleming said. "And unfortunately, at the very bottom of the hierarchy are African-American boys."
It turns out that people from Canada and Europe are adopting African-American babies, while Americans are going overseas to adopt, often for European or Asian babies.
This is what I would call very good evidence of white supremacy, the belief that white children are best.
It also goes hand in hand with the prevailing stereotypes that people from Asia are naturally smarter.
In any case, I'll echo the original post:
Is there anything more revealing about what society considers beautiful or valuable than which children we would choose to have, if we could choose?
Don't tell me that skin color, or race, or ethnicity don't matter. There's so much evidence to the contrary.
2 comments:
Unfortunately, you are right.
I am a caucasian female (tagged a senior citizen!!). Having been raised in Texas - not quite the South, yet the South nontheless - but living in California for 37 years.
I have first hand experience with the different ways that the blacks are treated AND the different attitudes they have according to what part of the country they are from.
It would be wonderful if the racial divide no longer existed. I am sure one day, that will happen, maybe in a couple of centuries if mankind is still around at that time.
I think what is in the minds of those who go outside the US to adopt is that the children from Third World Countries have no hope at all, while in the US there is always the possibilities for the children.
It is much like the money that is being poured into other nations yet we have our own poor who cannot climb out of their economic situations.
Someday . . . .
sanityrules,
You are probably right about the stated reasons that people go outside the US when looking for children to adopt, but I think there are more reasons than just that.
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