NEW YORK (AP) — Several leading child welfare groups Tuesday urged an overhaul of federal laws dealing with transracial adoption, arguing that black children in foster care are ill-served by a “colorblind” approach meant to encourage their adoption by white families.
Yet another proposed roadblock to making adoption more difficult in this country. It’s legislation like this that makes US citizens adopt from other countries rather than kids from this one.
A 15-year-old kid gets it absolutely right…
His youngest son, Eric Jones, 15, said the family’s makeup sometimes complicates his life, but he’s convinced that transracial adoption can succeed.
“White or black doesn’t matter,” he said. “What counts is whether the parents are ready to take responsibility.”
Let parents be parents.
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Right, because a colorblind approach that steps away from racism is a bad thing.
Wait… what?
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And that’s why so many people are going out of the country to adopt.
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I live in a state where interracial relationships are quite common. There are plenty of white women raising bi-racial kids. No one makes them take special classes.
Kids are kids, there are no guarantees no matter who your parents are.
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