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.
