Black Skin, White Heart

... a short documentary on transracial adoption.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Transracial
• Adoption

[alecniles]

Wow, great video. I especially liked the family with the two daughters. I could tell the parents are really connected to their daughters. That is true love. The older man seems to talk about his adopted kids like they are guests/visitors staying with them as a missionary cause, instead of their children. THe diversity coordinator was so informative. Loved the video. Kudos.

[jeinclan]

Thank you very much for your comment.

[AudraFelix]

Thank you for this video! It is a great resource for those who have transracially adopted, like myself. It has some great info!

[jeinclan]

I'm glad you liked it.

[SybilVane31]

I would thought American people would be more advanced the us in respect of skin color.

I was adopted from different color parents (long time a go) and never had any issues on this matter even so should have harder back then... yes i was aware of my mum been way different then me not just for color but from phisical appearance my parents are originally from Nigeria and I was adopted in Italy i am white. I find strange that in this days people still having problem in this respect.

[mitesser80]

Sounds like conquistador talk: "sense of duty of adopting trans racial babies for whites, has a missionary feel to it, saving children and bringing them to the true religion."

[BrownchildT]

Q- How do they teach these children to have what my family calls tuff- skin? Q- Are these children the only people of color in their world? Q- that child will at some point have questions about them self. How will they answer them? If these parents are not well informed before they "save" these children. They may do more damage then saving.

[ducknmom]

@honeytessie - I don't know about other people but I'm not "saving" anyone by adopting my African American daughter, she saved me from a life of knowing a little baby was missing from my family. Her skin color was incedental.

[wendyjeanlouis]

omg i read that piece in my feminism class, why ? idk but it was interesting

[Miikaika25]

I hate the missionary "religious" ideas presented in this video, however the idea of having a restricted meritocracy because of lack of white privilege is completely true and should be looked at harder to see what we can do to fix these problems. I sometimes believe that we can successfully live in a equal multiracial society without racism and discrimination but I wonder what needs to be done to get to that level.

[honeytessie]

y in da hell do white people feel they need to save black kids save your own damn race.

[LynxChan]

@Allina277 I would encourage you to continue to accept any race. The fact is, most social workers prefer to put children with families that look like they do. In addition, since fewer families of color adopt (I'm guessing it's expensive) many more children of color are available than white children. Chances are, you'd get a child of your own race, particularly if you are African American. In the end, kids need a family. Any difficulty due to race is outweighed by the benefit of not being orphans

[ladymusiclover]

I hate the term "people with colour". I've never met someone who is colourless.

[soojatoo]

Being adopted, being Korean & Black, being told "not to tell anyone you are adopted", being told not to tell anyone you were born in Korea, being raised in the hood, being teased, chased, and beat up almost everday for being too yellow to be Black, being adopted for being to Brown to be Korean, now at 52 yrs old, I'm Just Being but unable to put roots down anywhere, & if anyone asks, the bible says I'm identified with Christ...but even that doesn't resolve my issues of race & self identity.

[Allina277]

@SybilVane31 WOW! you were adopted by black people? I didn't think that happened. I was willing to adopt any race until I went online and I saw so many racist comments about all the negative attention we'd get from white people. And how they'd call the cops because they'll think we stole a white baby. So I just got to thinking no matter how many homeless kids that are out there I'll just stick to my own race.

[Allina277]

MORMON? OH MY GOD! I'll pray for these kids.