So Colin, do you love your parents?

 I've been sick with a cold, and the secretary has been using my computer, so no blogposts recently.

But the news is same old same old...

and now, 1960 anti Catholicism redux over a Supreme court nominee. 

That should play well with us Catholics.

And they are also criticizing her for adopting children. 

That should also play well with those of us who have adopted children, including children from other racial/ethnicities.

And yes, cross racial and cross ethnic adoption has it's own problems.

but you know, modern adoption requires a home study to weed out people who merely want a trophy child. But never mind.

The ignoramouses who are criticizing Judge Amy for doing so are essentially calling thousands of adoptive parents egotistical bigots without proof. So where does their hatred come from? Is it projection?

The dirty little secret is that adopted children are an enemy of the radical feminists because if a child is adopted, it means that maybe their "rational" to abort rather than to give up their child for adoption, is a lie... and yes this applies to men who pressure their partners to abort for convenience, and to other anti family loudmouths who eschew "breeders" 

so what is wrong with trying to find a family that enables children to be loved and nurtured? 

The rules against cross racial adoption was started years ago by black social workers to stop "white" social workers from preferring an affluent family over a local family of the same ethnic group (including friends and relatives willing to adopt the child... informal adoption without legal papers by relatives or family friends is common in the black community. Also in the Hispanic, white, and AmerIndian community... but rarely noticed by outsiders. I know of many many cases among my relatives and patients) 

in formal adoption, in the past, strict rules stopped adoption for children by parents who might be single, be gay, be too "old" or who might merely  lack enough bedrooms or might need subsidies to pay for the counseling  or specialized medical care for their child who is recovering from abuse or who has special needs.

With the huge increase in children needing to be placed, I believe the rules are now not so strict, but my point is that adoption is about finding a child a home, not about the parent's ego. And an imperfect home with love is better than no home.

Cross ethnic adoption makes one aware of racism in the USA, and we have to help our children who face it. We also have to help them find mentors in their own community so they understand their own culture and have role models so they can be proud of their culture.

LINK is to a story about Colin Kapernick's adoption, and points out the problems of a non white child confronting racism in the local school and neighborhood.

Kapernick single handedly opened a discussion of racism in America, and did it the old fashioned way: non violent protest, and has quietly donated a lot of his money to help the black community.