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Very interesting article. I imagine that if I saw father and daughter in aisle three at the grocer, I'd look for an extra second to make sure all is well. Would you?
Of course, we civilized Americans are colorblind. Sensitivity training for parents who want to adopt a child of a different race? That would be racist. This is America, where we solved the race issue by denying skin color.
I'd comment further, but I'm about to go hang out at a bar where a lot of white people go to listen to white people music, and I'm going with white friends. Of course, I would never usually notice that I hang around mostly white people, largely because I'm not at all racist. Not even a little. All I see is eyes and teeth.Page 2 wrote:Opinions vary in the larger debate about whether race is a legitimate consideration in adoption. At present, agencies that receive public funding are forbidden from taking race into account when screening potential parents. They are also banned from asking parents to reflect on their readiness to deal with race-related issues, or from requiring them to undergo sensitivity training. But a well-meaning policy intended to ensure colorblindness appears to be backfiring. According to a study published last year by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, transracial parents are often ill equipped to raise children who are themselves unprepared for the world's racial realities.
