I have read a lot about adoption in the last year. Not cause I have any personal involvement, but cause I read a blog about a woman who adopted a biracial child.
I now have the answer to prejudice and discrimination. Everyone must adopt a child out of their race. They will then become the ultimate defenders of their child’s race. And rightly so. I am not being flippant. I mean it. I believe there would be not racial prejudice if everyone had to adopt like this. These women are extremely attuned (by these women, I mean the blog writers. I’ve read more than one, although I frequent only that one on a regular basis.) They worry so much about how their child is going to be accepted. How to arm their child if they’re not. How to do their hair properly. I’m white (if you haven’t guessed.) And white adopters of black children are very cautious in making sure their child’s hair is done in an appropriate way: both the get approval from the black community and not to get disapproval from the white community. The feeling is that the black community will tsk tsk if they see a white adopted parent who doesn’t do their child’s hair correctly. And whites will think less of the child if the hair looks messy, and not neat, as with braids (that’s for girls.). I’m not sure about boys.
