Comments on Tafari's Mind Spill: Life Through Ebony Colored Lenses: Saving the Children

Great post - you have made many good points but wh...

2006-11-13T17:28:00.000-05:00

Great post - you have made many good points but what you fail to realize is just because a person is white, doesn't mean they are immune to prejudice.

My husband and I are white (Jewish) and adopted an incredible boy from Guatemala. I don't feel that we saved him but more that he saved us. We went to Guatemala because that is where we felt our child was.

My son will

Hi JasonRThx for sharing your story & kudos for yo...

2006-09-13T11:11:00.000-04:00

Hi JasonR

Thx for sharing your story & kudos for you taking on the challenge of parenthood & an AA child.

Books are a great resource, but I think for myself civic organizations in the AA community would be even better. A chance for your entire family to benefit on AA culture etc.

Also thx for giving the statistics; WOW.

And yes, how ironic that you met that

Interestingly enough. Having read the article on E...

2006-09-13T11:05:00.000-04:00

Interestingly enough. Having read the article on Ethiopian adoptions on Monday, I met a family last night who adopted a son from Ethiopia last year (at 3 months old). The parents had nothing but good things to say about the process, although we didn't get a chance to talk with them at length, and at 16months old their son didn't offer up his views on the process.

-Jason

I'm a white dad of an adopted AA son. He was born ...

2006-09-11T15:39:00.000-04:00

I'm a white dad of an adopted AA son. He was born in the US, we adopted him at 8 days old through a private adoption agency. Story here: http://users.livejournal.com/jasonr_/813.html

"I find the topic of international adoption interesting because I think it’s great to save kids around the world from poor conditions but what about saving kids here at home. I am not sure of the statistics

B1 "But don't all parents have issues to deal with...

2006-08-30T22:05:00.000-04:00

B1 "But don't all parents have issues to deal with in terms of race and how they raise their children, and in particular, minority children?"

B2 I would agree that minority families deal with this in large. I think White denial of racial issues across the board is a barrier that comes into play with the White/Minority adoptions.

B1 "but aren't loving parents always better than

But don't all parents have issues to deal with in ...

2006-08-30T03:37:00.000-04:00

But don't all parents have issues to deal with in terms of race and how they raise their children, and in particular, minority children? Granted, it may be much greater with children who are transracially adopted, but aren't loving parents always better than an orphanage?

Neither of my (biological) parents are African American, and I wasn't raised by them as an AA. Yet, I'm an AA in