Transracial adoption: AP's what do you?

Question

think of this?

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2037576230

Answer 1

interesting

Answer 2

They raised her white of course she would be infuriated, hurt, angry and confused.

Some people are just BAD parents and do not give their child what they need. We transracially adopted a family member and we educated ourselves on the issues. Not to mention we have a diverse extended family and group of friends. We purposely moved into a diverse neighborhood.

I have said it before you cannot bring a minority child or mixed race child into an all white environment where they is no one they can identify with. Love is not enough and adoptive and pre-adoptive parents have to educate themselves. And acknowledging your child's diversity is not a bad thing,it empowers them to be proud of their heritage.

Answer 3

Who cares as long as you love the child the same. I do have a problem with g**s adopting.

Answer 4

You beat me to it.  I was going to post this same video.  I guess I just need to get faster.  :-)

Answer 5

I think her adoptive parents raised her as a "white" child.  I don't agree with it at all.  I'm tired so i'm going to cheat...

http://www.informedadoptions.com/index.p...

Answer 6

Very interesting.  We adopted transracially & have open and candid discussions with our daughters about it.  We all see that they don't look like us...they know it's ok to talk to us about that and all that means in their lives - if they don't "fit in" somewhere, if they get a rude comment, if they just feel uncomfortable...they know they can talk to us about their feelings.  There's nothing we can do about not looking like them...but there's something we can do to validate their feelings and make sure they know they're valuable just as they are.

Answer 7

OKay, I was able to look at this elsewhere, since we've blocked myspace from our router.  (teenager in the house, long story).

I think that everyone who wants to adopt transracially but clings to the myth that race doesn't matter, should watch this.  

The adoptee in the video seemed to me like she was just looking for some acknowledgement that there are racial differences, from her adoptive parents.  Just some sort of validation or recognition of her feelings.

Answer 8

I have one east Indian daughter and one First Nations daughter plus one that was born to us.  Neither we or they have ever made a big deal over the fact that they are different.  We celebrate the fact that we are a self made family and we enjoy our differences as much as our common bond.