tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post7037070577887746203..comments2024-02-27T00:41:15.985-06:00Comments on AdoptionTalk: Who adopts black children?malindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-62229746848189476152010-10-07T21:50:10.485-05:002010-10-07T21:50:10.485-05:00Yeah. Total teabagger theme in the cartoon. The c...Yeah. Total teabagger theme in the cartoon. The center of gravity is conservative white self centeredness in the extreme. <br /><br />Make no mistake though, this center of gravity is VERY racists in both motivations and origins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-910256378340848652010-10-07T21:47:16.276-05:002010-10-07T21:47:16.276-05:00It is pointless in my opinion to try to figure out...It is pointless in my opinion to try to figure out the selected stereotypes inserted by the cartoon author. <br /><br />Why? <br /><br />Because they are simply window dressing to help complete the main tenet of the theme, which is clearly right wing, far right wing, political pontification. <br /><br />The cartoonist could care less if he got his facts correct or not, much less care about any social relevance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-83113181615172390362010-10-06T06:25:43.577-05:002010-10-06T06:25:43.577-05:00I do not believe this cartoonist does much fact ch...I do not believe this cartoonist does much fact checking before he lambastes anyone or anything (most often the left). His cartoons are definitely not steeped in satire a la John Stewart-Steven Colbert. Although I'm sure he would want you to believe that and there are some out there who believe it. I also wouldn't doubt this guy is a racist on some level. While I hate to pass generalizations about someone I don't know personally, based on his cartoons (runs daily in our paper as he is from a smaller town in my State) I'm sure he enjoys the comforts of white privilege with no shame or regrets. I've met many like him in my State.<br /><br />While I wouldn't give his cartoons a deserved read or credence, this cartoon did trigger a very interesting and important discussion.<br /><br />Anne (newer reader)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-78498141730750700522010-10-05T09:35:14.994-05:002010-10-05T09:35:14.994-05:00Interesting. I see it skewering white people's...Interesting. I see it skewering white people's colonialism more than saying black people can't take care of their own kids. Still not a good message about adoption. But more on the "Oh look, Angelina has another accessory kid" line.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01406219542747608807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-49175360114944921082010-10-05T08:45:06.307-05:002010-10-05T08:45:06.307-05:00OMG. What newspaper was this in-- did you mention ...OMG. What newspaper was this in-- did you mention that. I am so floored by the cartoon that everything else went out of my head!<br /><br />Is it suppose to be a joke/satire/sarcasm about "the great white hope?" <br /><br />What message does this send? <br /><br />"if it wasn't for the great white hope-- riding in on our white winged horses-- heralded in by angles and a chours sung by bluebirds and white doves-- children of color would be destitute because no-one else cares or is responsible enough to provide for them."<br /><br />Seriously? I see this cartoon as racist-- are they allowing other racist cartoons?<br /><br />I am completely disgusted.Reenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07119020258638171080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-30258659403741220392010-10-04T23:53:12.509-05:002010-10-04T23:53:12.509-05:00According to Ricki Solinger, a historian on the is...According to Ricki Solinger, a historian on the issue, adoption services were not available to ethnic and racial minority families until recent decades because there was no demand to adopt ethnic and racial minority children as most of the people seeking to adopt were White and wanted White babies. Instead, White women were specifically targeted for adoption. One First Mother friend of mine (who is White) has blogged recalling being in a maternity home with both Latina and Black expectant mothers. They were receiving help towards parenting. She was being pressured and coerced into adoption.<br /><br />Decades ago, several states drafted, and even passed, legislation that basically criminalized an impoverished woman for giving birth out of wedlock, giving legal allowance for her child to be removed from her home and institutionalized. This was targeted at and harmed ethnic and racial minority communities who were more likely to be impoverished because of systemic barriers to advancement based on race.The Declassified Adopteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726376584015902627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-86442230399686883322010-10-04T22:39:04.776-05:002010-10-04T22:39:04.776-05:00I think this is just one example of the assumption...I think this is just one example of the assumptions that are so easily made based on stereotypes. It sucks and it's annoying and I hate it, but I that's what I hate about stereotypes: that they so easily become the "norm", therefore making it very easy for people to make assumptions and automatically think they're correct without doing any prior research.YoonSeonhttp://bearhugs.annyeong.netnoreply@blogger.com