Adoption - Adopted Children and Racism

Dr. Joseph Crumbley tells of meeting with adopted Chinese children and learning about their experiences with racism.

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• chinese
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[jichyi]

wow.. she's only 5 and she thought that? omgosh...

[mad7o7]

Thats so sad that children or anyone for that matter has to experiance that.

[yummieyummie123]

I urge white parents to talk to their children, especially their asian, hispanic, black, etc. children about racism and prejudice, or else you have these children who end up hating themselves because they don't have white skin, straight hair, "round eyes."

Have them around people of their original race and culture and make these connections early. There are some things that you can't teach them about alone.

[pj4today]

I don`t think whites shoud adopt non white children(isn`t that what this fella is referring to?). Whites are becoming the underclass, it`s time for Asians, HIspanics and Africans to start adopting poor white kids. And yes, there will be prejudice against those white kids as white become poorer and a small minority. Racism is a word for hate whitey.

[CrazyNative4]

well done doc!

[sparkle2010]

@dave2806 really? because i know quite a few black families that are foster parents and have adopted kids, it's just not as obvious because well...they and the kids are black so of course no one is going to think that the kids adopted. And i know a lot more white families that have had their kids taken away and then given back only to be taken away again! then i do black families but maybe that's just were you're from...who knows

[dave2806]

@y100269 maybe if the blacks stepped up and started adopting black kids or blacks stopped so many of there kids ending up in care then this problem would not exist . don't blame white families for doing the right thing cause the blacks don't !

[emptycell]

@mollykjody Actually he did not. The kids confessed to racist experiences themselves. Do not blame the psychologist, you should be mad at the perpetrators

[exuberantpeace]

I also am a non-white in a mostly white suburb. If you ask me, the difference is that, on a subconscious level, I got to go home an see my skin color, see my hair types, and that made me feel more secure. Just my take.

[CorvixEyes]

That is so sad to hear someone going through that at such a young age.

[y100269]

white people make the dumbest comments! you don't know shit! so stop pretending that you do. if you think black people exaggerate, you can test this theory out yourself by either putting on make up to look black or just wear ethnic clothes and see how long it takes to get service at a store! also being a visible minority or handicapped is much harder when you're a kid than an adult.

[calicoe99]

There is no doubt that trans-racial adoption is complicated and hard, and has an effect on identity. However, the examples given in the video could and does happen to non-adopted people of color. The inferiority complex can come up with or without adoption, and the eye lid surgery in Asian countries such as Korea with non-adopted Asians attests to this fact.