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read comments below; Editor's note: Lola Jaye, a native Londoner, is the author of three fiction books and one non-fiction. Jaye has also written for The Huffington Post and her novels have been published in various other languages, including Korean, German and Serbian. Her latest novel "Being Lara," is about a young woman searching to connect with her Nigerian roots after she's adopted by a British popstar. – The news that Charlize Theron adopted an African American baby has fired up a debate regularly stoked by the likes of A-listers Madonna, Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock. All have adopted transracially. And everyone has an opinion. In the United States in 2010, black children left the care system at a rate of 24 percent, while white children left at a rate of 43 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In the UK, where I live, a black child is three times less likely to be adopted from care than a white child. And until recently, UK guidelines on adoption have made it difficult to adopt between races. But the policy is changing after Michael Gove, the UK's Education Secretary said it was "outrageous" to deny a child the chance of adoption because "of a misguided belief that race is more important than any other factor." In the UK, a black child is three times less likely to be adopted from care than a white child. Indeed, the American 1994 Multi-Ethnic Placement Act "affirms the prohibition against delaying or denying the placement of a child for adoption or foster care on the basis of race, color or national origin of the foster or adoptive parents or of the child involved." http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/22/...
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Tuesday, March 27th 2012 at 4:08AM
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jan
Our son & Dtr-in-law (white) adopted twins-a girl & boy from Ethiopia-We love them dearly. Another Dtr-in-law is part Cherokee; our son-in-law is French. SO our family is officially PLAID. Our 3 grown children are devoted spouses & amazing parents. They didn't get that way by our being closed minded. Racism is a choice-in our family it is NOT negotiable.
March 27, 2012 at 1:46 am | Report abuse | Reply
Moncada
I'm Hispanic and I had always wanted a brother. If I adopted a black haired, dark brown eyed baby there would be no problem, if I adopted a blond, blue eyed baby there is no problem since those features run in my family too. Maybe I would have adopted a black baby.
March 26, 2012 at 6:57 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Lizzy-Lou
I am a Hispanic Adopted child by a Caucasian Family... They have been the best to me and I am greatful to them for letting me be part of their world.
I agree with Fredajlo... racism is a learned behavior and if people keep believing the way Wizard does sociaty will never change. Instead of goin forward we will steping back.
March 26, 2012 at 1:49 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Tuesday, March 27th 2012 at 4:08AM
DAVID JOHNSON
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Moncada
Racism for me wasn't learned, I was born with it I would say. I do my best not to be racist because I really don't like it.
March 26, 2012 at 7:19 pm | Report abuse | Reply
esoteric1
no
March 26, 2012 at 12:03 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Debbie
@WIZARD: I am a WHITE woman and your inference that any child who is not WHITE is less of a person than a WHITE child, is disgusting and ignorant. Oh, never mind, why am I responding? You probably wouldn't be even able to adopt and care for a pet from the Humane Society.
March 25, 2012 at 12:33 am | Report abuse | Reply
comment123
A child is a child. Red, yellow, black or purple, a child needs nurturing. We need to stop labeling these little angels by color and start recognizing that they are living beings that need love. That is what it is about
March 24, 2012 at 11:43 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Tuesday, March 27th 2012 at 4:08AM
DAVID JOHNSON
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hamsta
its a matter that should be how the adoptive parent bonds with the child.race may or may not play a role.i have adopted several animals in life.sometimes im able to choose what type of cat or dog sometimes they where strays that picked me.its all about what kind of bond is there.true a person isnt the same as some stray dog but it makes a good example.Alot of different factors such as culture maybe even religion are important to both the parent and child.
March 22, 2012 at 10:36 pm | Report abuse | Reply
hamsta
its a matter that should be how the adoptive parent bonds with the child.race may or may not play a role.i have adopted several animals in life.sometimes im able to choose what type of cat or dog sometimes they where strays that picked me.its all about what kind of bond is there.true a person isnt the same as some stray dog but it makes a good example.
March 22, 2012 at 10:33 pm | Report abuse | Reply
A Factor but not an overriding factor
I no longer think it should be a key factor i.e., give it no more than 25% consideration in adoption process.
Nearly 20 yrs I became friends with a white woman who successfully raised a black child to adulthood. She married a Black GI stationed in her homeland Germany; later they learned she couldn't get pregnant, they adopted, but few years later they divorced (he remarried). Thankfully he left her with a daughter. She was tempted to return home to Germany but she wanted her daughter to grow up feeling beautiful and accepted. This wonderful woman did something startling too, she decided that she would make black friends. (And although a naturalized American, she is still culturally German–and taught her toddler German too.) She realized that she had to learn to comb her daughter's hair and learn other things about African American culture to share with her daughter. This woman has been in US 50+ years and been an incredible mother, grandmother and soon to be great-grandmother to her proud black children. it's possible for whites to raise black youngster
Tuesday, March 27th 2012 at 4:09AM
DAVID JOHNSON
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WIZARD
Im a WHITE man and IF i was going to adopt, id only adopt a WHITE kid cause if the kid aint WHITE, it aint rite! Why would i want to adopt anything less?
March 22, 2012 at 1:18 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Tuesday, March 27th 2012 at 4:09AM
DAVID JOHNSON
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fredajlo
That is a very sad statement Wizard and your intelligence is showing. Racism is a learned behavior, who taught you?
March 24, 2012 at 9:39 am | Report abuse | Reply
Moncada
How could there be people like you?
March 26, 2012 at 7:01 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Jomm
I do not have no problem with it as long as they keep the kid connected to their heritage and who they are (society is not kind and will wake them up and it wont be nice). When this does not happen, these kids grow up confused and have to deal with idenity issues and how to handle racism. SOrry but everyone is not as kind as the people who adopted them. That is life. Keep them close to their hertiage.
March 22, 2012 at 12:34 pm | Report abuse | Reply
NO RACSIM SHOULDNT BE A FACTOR
we lack the right to exercise how we feel when there are mixed races being the subject matter! STOP IT! IT HAS HELD BACK THE LEARNING PROCESS.
March 22, 2012 at 11:22 am | Report abuse | Reply
Tuesday, March 27th 2012 at 4:09AM
DAVID JOHNSON
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